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Study: Great Recession Led To Fewer Deaths

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Corrected: January 15, 2018 at 9:00 PM PST
A previous headline incorrectly said that the Great Recession led to fewer deaths among the unemployed. In fact, the decline in mortality is not limited to the unemployed.
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