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There are many factors that describe the well-being of a populace. Some of them relate to physical health, including mental health, and some relate to social health, including economic health.
This is a study of the correlations between various such factors and the two major political parties in the United States (Democrat and Republican). The question being asked is: Does one of the two major political parties in the United Staes correlate better with these health factors than the other? If so, then one can conclude that some of the conditions that favor the factor in question likely favor the highly-correlated political party being in power.
For the results of the study, see http://arts.bev.net/roperldavid/politics/USHealth.htm.
An interesting by-product of this study is how the various well-being factors correlate with each other. The following tables give those results.
Correlations of U.S. Well-Being Factors | |||||||||
Population /Area | Occupational Deaths | Suicides | Auto Deaths | Gun Deaths | |||||
Suicides | -0.624 | Population /Area | -0.420 | Population /Area | -0.624 | College Degree | -0.616 | Population /Area | -0.536 |
Auto Deaths | -0.551 | Abortions | -0.309 | Toxins Released /Area | -0.441 | Population /Area | -0.551 | College Degree | -0.448 |
Gun Deaths | -0.536 | Toxins Released /Area | -0.281 | Abortions | -0.388 | Abortions | -0.482 | Abortions | -0.283 |
Occupational Deaths | -0.420 | College Degree | -0.183 | State/Local Police | -0.281 | Drug-induced Deaths | -0.159 | State/Local Police | 0.048 |
Toxins Released /Capita | -0.345 | State/Local Police | -0.119 | Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.251 | State/Local Police | -0.067 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.055 |
Poverty | -0.262 | Cancer Deaths | -0.117 | College Degree | -0.249 | Toxins Released /Area | -0.026 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.079 |
Property Crime | -0.148 | Drug-induced Deaths | -0.103 | Cancer Deaths | -0.223 | Cancer Deaths | 0.042 | Child Abuse | 0.236 |
Medical Uninsured | -0.141 | Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.012 | Infant Mortality | -0.052 | Violent Crime | 0.157 | Cancer Deaths | 0.244 |
Infant Mortality | -0.126 | Violent Crime | 0.018 | Violent Crime | -0.036 | Prisoners | 0.230 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.372 |
Homicides /Interventions | -0.084 | Property Crime | 0.054 | Prisoners | 0.050 | Child Abuse | 0.234 | Property Crime | 0.384 |
Cirrhosis Deaths | -0.068 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.084 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.070 | Property Crime | 0.235 | Violent Crime | 0.413 |
Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.019 | Medical Uninsured | 0.128 | Poverty | 0.194 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.309 | Poverty | 0.476 |
Child Abuse | 0.002 | Poverty | 0.146 | Medical Uninsured | 0.244 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.358 | Prisoners | 0.491 |
Prisoners | 0.083 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.166 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.255 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.432 | Occupational Deaths | 0.507 |
Violent Crime | 0.173 | Infant Mortality | 0.191 | Property Crime | 0.278 | Medical Uninsured | 0.471 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.507 |
Drug-induced Deaths | 0.179 | Child Abuse | 0.207 | Child Abuse | 0.313 | Occupational Deaths | 0.471 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.520 |
Cancer Deaths | 0.234 | Prisoners | 0.240 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.347 | Infant Mortality | 0.532 | Medical Uninsured | 0.532 |
Abortions | 0.427 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.244 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.518 | Suicides | 0.552 | Infant Mortality | 0.557 |
Toxins Released /Area | 0.438 | Auto Deaths | 0.471 | Occupational Deaths | 0.538 | Poverty | 0.577 | Suicides | 0.648 |
State/Local Police | 0.458 | Gun Deaths | 0.507 | Auto Deaths | 0.552 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.591 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.727 |
College Degree | 0.490 | Suicides | 0.538 | Gun Deaths | 0.648 | Gun Deaths | 0.766 | Auto Deaths | 0.766 |
Correlations of U.S. Well-Being Factors | |||||||||
Toxins Released /Capita | Toxins Released /Area | College Degree | Child Abuse | Infant Mortality | |||||
Population /Area | -0.345 | Suicides | -0.441 | Auto Deaths | -0.616 | College Degree | -0.125 | College Degree | -0.452 |
Abortions | -0.337 | Occupational Deaths | -0.281 | Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.528 | Toxins Released /Area | -0.081 | Drug-induced Deaths | -0.341 |
College Degree | -0.306 | College Degree | -0.162 | Poverty | -0.504 | State/Local Police | -0.030 | Abortions | -0.170 |
Drug-induced Deaths | -0.068 | Drug-induced Deaths | -0.129 | Infant Mortality | -0.452 | Abortions | -0.023 | Population /Area | -0.126 |
State/Local Police | -0.063 | Child Abuse | -0.081 | Gun Deaths | -0.448 | Property Crime | -0.022 | Suicides | -0.052 |
Violent Crime | 0.013 | Cirrhosis Deaths | -0.074 | Toxins Released /Capita | -0.306 | Cancer Deaths | -0.003 | Cirrhosis Deaths | -0.042 |
Cancer Deaths | 0.017 | Auto Deaths | -0.026 | Cancer Deaths | -0.291 | Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.002 | Child Abuse | 0.106 |
Prisoners | 0.067 | Poverty | 0.003 | Suicides | -0.249 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.009 | State/Local Police | 0.127 |
Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.073 | Medical Uninsured | 0.010 | Medical Uninsured | -0.247 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.050 | Property Crime | 0.149 |
Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.106 | Property Crime | 0.047 | Homicides /Interventions | -0.217 | Violent Crime | 0.057 | Occupational Deaths | 0.191 |
Child Abuse | 0.197 | Gun Deaths | 0.055 | Occupational Deaths | -0.183 | Infant Mortality | 0.106 | Medical Uninsured | 0.196 |
Property Crime | 0.215 | Abortions | 0.107 | Toxins Released /Area | -0.162 | Prisoners | 0.164 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.303 |
Medical Uninsured | 0.223 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.261 | Child Abuse | -0.125 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.197 | Poverty | 0.309 |
Occupational Deaths | 0.244 | State/Local Police | 0.325 | Cirrhosis Deaths | -0.090 | Occupational Deaths | 0.207 | Violent Crime | 0.368 |
Toxins Released /Area | 0.261 | Prisoners | 0.325 | Prisoners | -0.049 | Population /Area | 0.207 | Cancer Deaths | 0.430 |
Homicides /Interventions | 0.279 | Violent Crime | 0.368 | Property Crime | 0.016 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.209 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.475 |
Infant Mortality | 0.303 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.408 | Violent Crime | 0.049 | Medical Uninsured | 0.231 | Prisoners | 0.500 |
Suicides | 0.347 | Population /Area | 0.438 | State/Local Police | 0.261 | Auto Deaths | 0.234 | Auto Deaths | 0.532 |
Poverty | 0.396 | Infant Mortality | 0.475 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.352 | Gun Deaths | 0.236 | Gun Deaths | 0.557 |
Gun Deaths | 0.507 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.505 | Abortions | 0.421 | Poverty | 0.271 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.658 |
Auto Deaths | 0.591 | Cancer Deaths | 0.561 | Population /Area | 0.490 | Suicides | 0.313 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.704 |
Correlations of U.S. Well-Being Factors | |||||||||||
Property Crime | Prisoners | Medical Uninsured | Cirrhosis Deaths | Poverty | Homicides /Interventions | ||||||
Cancer Deaths | -0.306 | College Degree | -0.049 | College Degree | -0.247 | College Degree | -0.090 | College Degree | -0.504 | College Degree | -0.217 |
Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.170 | Suicides | 0.050 | Cancer Deaths | -0.004 | Toxins Released /Area | -0.074 | Population /Area | -0.262 | Population /Area | -0.084 |
Population /Area | -0.148 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.067 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.010 | Infant Mortality | -0.042 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.003 | Child Abuse | 0.050 |
Child Abuse | -0.022 | Population /Area | 0.083 | Occupational Deaths | 0.128 | Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.021 | Abortions | 0.029 | Suicides | 0.070 |
College Degree | 0.016 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.099 | Population /Area | 0.128 | Cancer Deaths | 0.017 | Cancer Deaths | 0.035 | Occupational Deaths | 0.084 |
Toxins Released /Area | 0.047 | Child Abuse | 0.164 | Abortions | 0.137 | Abortions | 0.063 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.054 | Abortions | 0.131 |
Occupational Deaths | 0.054 | Poverty | 0.230 | Infant Mortality | 0.196 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.073 | State/Local Police | 0.085 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.221 |
Infant Mortality | 0.149 | Auto Deaths | 0.230 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.198 | Occupational Deaths | 0.166 | Occupational Deaths | 0.146 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.279 |
Abortions | 0.170 | Occupational Deaths | 0.240 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.223 | Population /Area | 0.166 | Property Crime | 0.175 | Cancer Deaths | 0.373 |
Poverty | 0.175 | Cancer Deaths | 0.245 | Child Abuse | 0.231 | State/Local Police | 0.184 | Suicides | 0.194 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.389 |
Toxins Released /Capita | 0.215 | Abortions | 0.259 | Suicides | 0.244 | Child Abuse | 0.209 | Violent Crime | 0.218 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.408 |
State/Local Police | 0.229 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.307 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.268 | Property Crime | 0.284 | Prisoners | 0.230 | Auto Deaths | 0.432 |
Auto Deaths | 0.235 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.325 | State/Local Police | 0.274 | Prisoners | 0.307 | Child Abuse | 0.271 | Poverty | 0.438 |
Suicides | 0.278 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.383 | Auto Deaths | 0.471 | Auto Deaths | 0.358 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.293 | State/Local Police | 0.442 |
Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.284 | State/Local Police | 0.398 | Property Crime | 0.479 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.389 | Infant Mortality | 0.309 | Property Crime | 0.520 |
Gun Deaths | 0.384 | Property Crime | 0.457 | Prisoners | 0.484 | Poverty | 0.399 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.396 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.539 |
Prisoners | 0.457 | Medical Uninsured | 0.484 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.498 | Violent Crime | 0.424 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.399 | Medical Uninsured | 0.581 |
Drug-induced Deaths | 0.461 | Gun Deaths | 0.491 | Violent Crime | 0.513 | Medical Uninsured | 0.498 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.438 | Infant Mortality | 0.658 |
Medical Uninsured | 0.479 | Infant Mortality | 0.500 | Gun Deaths | 0.532 | Suicides | 0.518 | Gun Deaths | 0.476 | Prisoners | 0.687 |
Homicides /Interventions | 0.520 | Violent Crime | 0.624 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.581 | Gun Deaths | 0.520 | Auto Deaths | 0.577 | Gun Deaths | 0.727 |
Violent Crime | 0.606 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.687 | Poverty | 0.689 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.608 | Medical Uninsured | 0.689 | Violent Crime | 0.779 |
Correlations of U.S. Well-Being Factors | |||||||||||
Cardiovascular Deaths | Violent Crime | Drug-induced Deaths | Cancer Deaths | State/Local Police | Abortions | ||||||
College Degree | -0.528 | Suicides | -0.036 | Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.400 | Property Crime | -0.306 | Suicides | -0.281 | Auto Deaths | -0.482 |
Drug-induced Deaths | -0.400 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.013 | Infant Mortality | -0.341 | College Degree | -0.291 | Occupational Deaths | -0.119 | Suicides | -0.388 |
Suicides | -0.251 | Occupational Deaths | 0.018 | Cancer Deaths | -0.268 | Drug-induced Deaths | -0.268 | Auto Deaths | -0.067 | Toxins Released /Capita | -0.337 |
Property Crime | -0.170 | College Degree | 0.049 | Auto Deaths | -0.159 | Suicides | -0.223 | Toxins Released /Capita | -0.063 | Occupational Deaths | -0.309 |
Abortions | -0.056 | Child Abuse | 0.057 | Toxins Released /Area | -0.129 | Occupational Deaths | -0.117 | Child Abuse | -0.030 | Gun Deaths | -0.283 |
Cirrhosis Deaths | -0.021 | Auto Deaths | 0.157 | Occupational Deaths | -0.103 | Abortions | -0.045 | Gun Deaths | 0.048 | Infant Mortality | -0.170 |
Population /Area | -0.019 | Cancer Deaths | 0.166 | Toxins Released /Capita | -0.068 | Medical Uninsured | -0.004 | Poverty | 0.085 | Cardiovascular Deaths | -0.056 |
Occupational Deaths | -0.012 | Population /Area | 0.173 | Child Abuse | 0.009 | Child Abuse | -0.003 | Cancer Deaths | 0.107 | Cancer Deaths | -0.045 |
Child Abuse | -0.002 | Poverty | 0.218 | Poverty | 0.054 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.017 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.115 | Child Abuse | -0.023 |
Toxins Released /Capita | 0.106 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.273 | Gun Deaths | 0.079 | Toxins Released /Capita | 0.017 | Infant Mortality | 0.127 | Poverty | 0.029 |
State/Local Police | 0.115 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.368 | Prisoners | 0.099 | Poverty | 0.035 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.184 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.063 |
Medical Uninsured | 0.198 | Infant Mortality | 0.368 | Population /Area | 0.179 | Auto Deaths | 0.042 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.186 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.107 |
Violent Crime | 0.273 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.410 | State/Local Police | 0.186 | State/Local Police | 0.107 | Property Crime | 0.229 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.131 |
Poverty | 0.293 | Gun Deaths | 0.413 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.221 | Violent Crime | 0.166 | College Degree | 0.261 | Medical Uninsured | 0.137 |
Auto Deaths | 0.309 | Abortions | 0.420 | Abortions | 0.248 | Population /Area | 0.234 | Medical Uninsured | 0.274 | Property Crime | 0.170 |
Gun Deaths | 0.372 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.424 | Suicides | 0.255 | Gun Deaths | 0.244 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.325 | Drug-induced Deaths | 0.248 |
Prisoners | 0.383 | State/Local Police | 0.509 | Medical Uninsured | 0.268 | Prisoners | 0.245 | Abortions | 0.385 | Prisoners | 0.259 |
Toxins Released /Area | 0.505 | Medical Uninsured | 0.513 | College Degree | 0.352 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.373 | Prisoners | 0.398 | State/Local Police | 0.385 |
Homicides /Interventions | 0.539 | Property Crime | 0.606 | Violent Crime | 0.410 | Infant Mortality | 0.430 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.442 | Violent Crime | 0.420 |
Infant Mortality | 0.704 | Prisoners | 0.624 | Property Crime | 0.461 | Toxins Released /Area | 0.561 | Population /Area | 0.458 | College Degree | 0.421 |
Cancer Deaths | 0.762 | Homicides /Interventions | 0.779 | Cirrhosis Deaths | 0.608 | Cardiovascular Deaths | 0.762 | Violent Crime | 0.509 | Population /Area | 0.427 |
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