This Appendix provides data and methodology details and additional results for Zhang, Atanasov, Meurer, Whittle, Barreto Parra, and Black, Effects of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure on U.S. COVID-19 Mortality (working paper 2022). The underlying paper is available from SSRN at...

ImportancePrior studies have shown that long-term exposure to air pollution predicts higher COVID-19 mortality, but there is limited evidence on the effect of short-term fluctuations in air pollution levels. ObjectiveTo determine whether short-term changes in county air-pollution levels predict...

This Appendix provides methodology details and additional results for The COVID-19 Pandemic, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy: Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data. The data on COVID deaths underlying this Appendix is generally current through September 30, 2021. We expect...

This Online Appendix provides sample and methodology details and selected additional results for Barreto Parra, Atanasov, Whittle, Meurer, Luo, Zhang, and Black, The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Elderly: Population Fatality Rates, COVID Mortality Percentage and Life Expectancy loss....

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the elderly. This article provides a detailed analysis of those effects, drawing primarily on individual-level mortality data covering almost three million persons aged 65+ in three Midwest states (Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin). We report...