Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the selected variables for the low- and lower- middle income countries
From: Correlates of healthy life expectancy in low- and lower-middle-income countries
Variables | N | Mean | Median | Standard deviation | MinimumValue | Country | MaximumValue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy life expectancy | 79 | 57.05 | 56.60 | 5.81 | 44.40 | Sierra Leone | 67.00 | Sri Lanka |
Mean years of schoolinga | 79 | 5.60 | 5.10 | 2.67 | 1.10 | Burkina Faso | 12.50 | Kyrgyzstan |
GNI per capitaa | 79 | 1795.08 | 1400.00 | 1307.05 | 127.90 | Somalia | 6930.00 | Guyana |
Health expenditurea | 79 | 101.87 | 76.00 | 82.69 | 0.00 | Somalia | 415.00 | Micronesia |
Total fertility ratea | 79 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 1.38 | 1.30 | Republic of Moldova | 7.60 | Niger |
Physician densityb | 73 | 5.65 | 1.80 | 9.05 | 0.10 | Liberia | 42.70 | Georgia |
CO2 emission ratec | 79 | 0.77 | 0.40 | 0.98 | 0.00 | Burundi and Chad | 6.30 | Ukraine |
HIV prevalence ratea | 72 | 2.59 | 0.75 | 4.95 | 0.10 | Afghanistan, Egypt, Morocco, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, and Yemen | 27.70 | Swaziland |
Improved drinking-water sources using rate | 79 | 77.97 | 79.00 | 15.98 | 32.00 | Somalia | 100.00 | Armenia, Bhutan and Georgia |
Improved sanitation using rate | 79 | 47.14 | 42.00 | 27.16 | 7.00 | South Sudan | 100.00 | Uzbekistan |
Freedom of the press | 79 | 41.73 | 42.00 | 18.13 | 5.00 | Uzbekistan | 79.00 | Micronesia |
Corruption perceptions index | 79 | 30.49 | 30.00 | 10.21 | 8.00 | Somalia | 65.00 | Bhutan |
Prison population rate | 75 | 110.72 | 84.00 | 89.12 | 16.00 | Central African Republic | 517.00 | El Salvador |
Economic freedom | 74 | 54.70 | 54.80 | 6.40 | 37.60 | Zimbabwe | 73.00 | Georgia |
Achieving a level of health-related MDGs | 79 | 3.20 | 3.00 | 1.71 | 0.00 | Comoros and South Sudan | 8.00 | Viet Nam |
Urban population (% of total) | 78 | 39.98 | 39.30 | 15.79 | 12.36 | Burundi | 77.43 | Djibouti |