what’s the effect on mortality of a recession. not much, apparently, but there is a significant change in how people die.
A 3 per cent increase in unemployment led to rises of about 4 per cent in suicide and 6 per cent in murders but a 4 per cent fall in traffic fatalities. The biggest impact was on deaths from alcohol abuse, which rose 28 per cent.
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