Based on the number of deaths of despair in 2018 and projected levels of unemployment from 2020 to 2029, it is estimated that the additional number of deaths in 2023 could range from 1,261 to 13,410, depending on the rate of economic recovery after the COVID-19 recession. This statistic shows the possible additional deaths of despair following the COVID-19 recession for select economic scenarios, given a 1 percent increase in unemployment, in the United States from 2020 to 2029.
Possible additional deaths of despair in the U.S. following the COVID-19 recession given a 1 percent increase in unemployment from 2020 to 2029, by scenario*
* Estimates based on 181,686 deaths of despair in 2018, and projected levels of unemployment from 2020 to 2029.
Recovery rates: Slow - same as Great Recession; Medium - twice as fast; Fast - four times as fast.
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Well Being Trust, & Robert Graham Center. (May 8, 2020). Possible additional deaths of despair in the U.S. following the COVID-19 recession given a 1 percent increase in unemployment from 2020 to 2029, by scenario* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155337/projected-deaths-of-despair-when-unemployment-increase-is-1-percent/
Well Being Trust, und Robert Graham Center. "Possible additional deaths of despair in the U.S. following the COVID-19 recession given a 1 percent increase in unemployment from 2020 to 2029, by scenario*." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155337/projected-deaths-of-despair-when-unemployment-increase-is-1-percent/
Well Being Trust, Robert Graham Center. (2020). Possible additional deaths of despair in the U.S. following the COVID-19 recession given a 1 percent increase in unemployment from 2020 to 2029, by scenario*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155337/projected-deaths-of-despair-when-unemployment-increase-is-1-percent/
Well Being Trust, and Robert Graham Center. "Possible Additional Deaths of Despair in The U.S. following The Covid-19 Recession given a 1 Percent Increase in Unemployment from 2020 to 2029, by Scenario*." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155337/projected-deaths-of-despair-when-unemployment-increase-is-1-percent/
Well Being Trust & Robert Graham Center, Possible additional deaths of despair in the U.S. following the COVID-19 recession given a 1 percent increase in unemployment from 2020 to 2029, by scenario* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155337/projected-deaths-of-despair-when-unemployment-increase-is-1-percent/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Possible additional deaths of despair in the U.S. following the COVID-19 recession given a 1 percent increase in unemployment from 2020 to 2029, by scenario* [Graph], Well Being Trust, & Robert Graham Center, May 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155337/projected-deaths-of-despair-when-unemployment-increase-is-1-percent/