Coronavirus in ALL 50 states

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It was often claimed that there were going to be more suicides because of people being alone. That was used as an argument against lockdowns. Got any data on that?

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The Leading Causes of Death in the US for 2020
Heart disease deaths increased by 4.8%, the largest increase in heart disease deaths since 2012. Increases in deaths also occurred for unintentional injury (11.1%), Alzheimer disease (9.8%), and diabetes (15.4%). Influenza and pneumonia deaths in 2020 increased by 7.5%, although the number of deaths was lower in 2020 than in 2017 and 2018. From 2019 to 2020, deaths due to chronic lower respiratory disease declined by 3.4% and suicide deaths declined by 5.6%.
 
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The Leading Causes of Death in the US for 2020
Heart disease deaths increased by 4.8%, the largest increase in heart disease deaths since 2012. Increases in deaths also occurred for unintentional injury (11.1%), Alzheimer disease (9.8%), and diabetes (15.4%). Influenza and pneumonia deaths in 2020 increased by 7.5%, although the number of deaths was lower in 2020 than in 2017 and 2018. From 2019 to 2020, deaths due to chronic lower respiratory disease declined by 3.4% and suicide deaths declined by 5.6%.
There was one good side effect from the Covid19 pandemic in my state. Zero recorded flu deaths during this last flu seasons. The extreme moves taken to prevent the spread of Covid19 also seemed to eliminate flu deaths as well:

Zero flu deaths reported during this season in Washington | king5.com
 
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