NationMaster - Scatterplot: Economy > Development assistance to LDCs vs Health

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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.353 (this correlation is weak)

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Variable:	Economy > Development assistance to LDCs	Health > Circulatory disease deaths
Plot Display:	Logarithmic (base 10)	Logarithmic (base 10)
Definition:	Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Least Developed Countries (LDC's) as a proportion of all development assistance. (2000)	Standardised death rates per 100 000 population (1999).
Source:	calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC	OECD Health Data 2003 and Health Data 2002. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia's Health 2002
Correlations:	Health > Drug access Health > External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health Economy > Targeting of foreign aid Lifestyle > Undesirable neighbours > Heavy drinkers Education > Proportion of primary education time spent learning social studies	Health > Drug access Health > External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health People > Male population > Age 100-104 > % of the total Economy > World Trade > Imports > Edible products nes Health > Heart disease deaths
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