DATA4-12:
This data set was compiled by Marc Selznick. It relates the
mortality rate in a state to a number of socio-economic variables.
Data are for U.S. States and D.C. All variables are in per-capita
amounts or represent Proportions of state populations.
MORT = Total Mortality Rate per 100,000 Population, by State
National Center For Health Statistics. "Advance Report of
Final Mortality Statistics, 1985." August 28, 1987. Table
17. Pages 42-43. (Range 396.2 - 1120.5).
INCC = Per-Capita Income by State, in Dollars Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry Annual 1986. Table 20.
(Range 9187 - 18187).
POV = Proportion of Families Living Below the Poverty Line by State
Statistical Abstract of the United States 1990. Table 742.
(Range 0.079 - 0.239).
EDU1 = Proportion of Population Completing 4 Years of High School by
State U.S. Department of Education, "Digest of Education
Statistics, 1987." Table 10. (Range 0.531 - 0.825).
EDU2 = Proportion of Population Completing 4 or More Years of College
by State U.S. Department of Education, "Digest of
Education Statistics, 1987." Table 10. (Range 0.104 - 0.275).
ALCC = Per-Capita Consumption of Alcohol by State, in Gallons,
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, "Alcohol Use in the U.S."
January- March, 1987. Page 22. (Range 1.53 - 5.34).
TOBC = Per-Capita Consumption of Cigarettes by State, in Packs Tobacco
Institute Annual 1987. "Tax Burden on Tobacco." Table 11.
(Range 66.5 - 201.1).
HEXC = Per-Capita Health Care Expenditures by State, in Dollars (Personal,
State, and Federal Spending) Almanac of the 50 States,
1987. Pages 9-357. Various Tables (By State).
(Range 1203 - 3872).
PHYS = Physicians per 100,000 Population by State Health
Insurance Association of America, "Source Book of Health
Insurance Data, 1986-7." Table 7.1. (Range 117 - 552).
URB = Proportion of Population Living in Urban Areas by State
Statistical Abstract of the United States 1990. Page xii.
State Rankings Section. (Range 0.2 - 1)
AGED = Proportion of Population over the Age of 65, by State U.S.
Department of Commerce. "Current Population Reports, 1987."
Page 86. Table 8. (Range 0.034 0.177).
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READ (DATA4-12) MORT INCC POV EDU1 EDU2 ALCC TOBC HEXC PHYS URB AGED