Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (55.1 M as of Jun 24) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (33.7M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (15.9M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (13.2M) • Significant Limitations (4.2M) • Experienced… — projected (+3.6M ±2.2M from Jun 25–Jul 29) • Living with… — projected (+1.3M ±5M) • Activity Limitations… — projected (+0.9M ±0.8M) • Significant Limitations — projected (+0.4M ±0.6M) • Cumulative Excess Deaths — 2020 to Aug 2023 (1.37M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. For purposes of this chart, we assume…U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at half the rate of adults.
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