Pearson correlation coefficients for key variables
| All age SMR | WAM (M) | WAM (F) | Median income | Gini | Total exp per capita | Services index | Per capita higher education | Per capita elementary and secondary education | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001. WAM, working age mortality rate. | |||||||||
| All age mortality | 1 | ||||||||
| Working age (25–64) SMR (M) | 0.920*** | 1 | |||||||
| Working age (25–64) SMR (F) | 0.961*** | 0.933*** | 1 | ||||||
| Median state income ($000s) | −0.263 | −0.393** | −0.244 | 1 | |||||
| Gini of state income inequality | 0.505*** | 0.653*** | 0.533*** | −0.501*** | 1 | ||||
| Total expenditures per capita | −0.378** | −0.400** | −0.350* | 0.394** | −0.198 | 1 | |||
| Index of public services | −0.401** | −0.448** | −0.381** | 0.444** | −0.337* | 0.946*** | 1 | ||
| Higher education expenditures per capita | −0.449*** | −0.482*** | −0.424*** | 0.235 | −0.358* | 0.358* | 0.224 | 1 | |
| Elementary and secondary education expenditures per capita | −0.406** | −0.469*** | −0.402** | 0.423** | −0.230 | 0.828*** | 0.816*** | 0.382** | 1 |