There are more Americans who say they have serious cognitive problems with remembering, concentrating or making decisions than at any time in the last 15 years, data from the Census Bureau shows.
Richard Deitz, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, analyzed the data and attributed much of the increase to long Covid. These numbers don't do this they don't just start suddenly increasing sharply like this, he said.
At the start of 2020, the survey estimated there were fewer than 15 million Americans ages 18 to 64 with any kind of disability. That rose to about 16.5 million by September 2023.
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