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SIZE: 97 observations, 8 variables
DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT:
For 97 countries in the world, data are given for birth rates, death
rates, infant death rates, life expectancies for males and females, and
Gross National Product.
SOURCES:
Day, A. (ed.) (1992), _The Annual Register 1992_, 234, London:
Longmans.
U.N.E.S.C.O. 1990 Demographic Year Book_ (1990), New York: United Nations.
VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS:
Columns:
SUBMITTED TO JSE BY:
Mary Rouncefield
Mathematics Department
Chester College
Cheyney Road
Chester
CH1 4DF
U.K.
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| Country | Country Code | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Infant Deaths | Life Exp. Males | Life Exp. Females | GNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1 | 24.7 | 5.7 | 30.8 | 69.6 | 75.5 | 600 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 68.3 | 74.7 | 2250 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 71.8 | 77.7 | 2980 |
| Former_E._Germany | 1 | 12 | 12.4 | 7.6 | 69.8 | 75.9 | * |
| Hungary | 1 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 65.4 | 73.8 | 2780 |
| Poland | 1 | 14.3 | 10.2 | 16 | 67.2 | 75.7 | 1690 |
| Romania | 1 | 13.6 | 10.7 | 26.9 | 66.5 | 72.4 | 1640 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 14 | 9 | 20.2 | 68.6 | 74.5 | * |
| USSR | 1 | 17.7 | 10 | 23 | 64.6 | 74 | 2242 |
| Byelorussian_SSR | 1 | 15.2 | 9.5 | 13.1 | 66.4 | 75.9 | 1880 |
| Ukrainian_SSR | 1 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 13 | 66.4 | 74.8 | 1320 |
| Argentina | 2 | 20.7 | 8.4 | 25.7 | 65.5 | 72.7 | 2370 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 46.6 | 18 | 111 | 51 | 55.4 | 630 |
| Brazil | 2 | 28.6 | 7.9 | 63 | 62.3 | 67.6 | 2680 |
| Chile | 2 | 23.4 | 5.8 | 17.1 | 68.1 | 75.1 | 1940 |
| Columbia | 2 | 27.4 | 6.1 | 40 | 63.4 | 69.2 | 1260 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 32.9 | 7.4 | 63 | 63.4 | 67.6 | 980 |
| Guyana | 2 | 28.3 | 7.3 | 56 | 60.4 | 66.1 | 330 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 34.8 | 6.6 | 42 | 64.4 | 68.5 | 1110 |
| Peru | 2 | 32.9 | 8.3 | 109.9 | 56.8 | 66.5 | 1160 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 18 | 9.6 | 21.9 | 68.4 | 74.9 | 2560 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 27.5 | 4.4 | 23.3 | 66.7 | 72.8 | 2560 |
| Mexico | 2 | 29 | 23.2 | 43 | 62.1 | 66 | 2490 |
| Belgium | 3 | 12 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 70 | 76.8 | 15540 |
| Finland | 3 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 5.8 | 70.7 | 78.7 | 26040 |
| Denmark | 3 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 7.5 | 71.8 | 77.7 | 22080 |
| France | 3 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 72.3 | 80.5 | 19490 |
| Germany | 3 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 7.4 | 71.8 | 78.4 | 22320 |
| Greece | 3 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 11 | 65.4 | 74 | 5990 |
| Ireland | 3 | 15.1 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 71 | 76.7 | 9550 |
| Italy | 3 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 72 | 78.6 | 16830 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 13.2 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 73.3 | 79.9 | 17320 |
| Norway | 3 | 14.3 | 10.7 | 7.8 | 67.2 | 75.7 | 23120 |
| Portugal | 3 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 13.1 | 66.5 | 72.4 | 7600 |
| Spain | 3 | 10.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 72.5 | 78.6 | 11020 |
| Sweden | 3 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 74.2 | 80 | 23660 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 73.9 | 80 | 34064 |
| U.K. | 3 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 72.2 | 77.9 | 16100 |
| Austria | 3 | 14.9 | 7.4 | 8 | 73.3 | 79.6 | 17000 |
| Japan | 3 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 75.9 | 81.8 | 25430 |
| Canada | 3 | 14.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 73 | 79.8 | 20470 |
| U.S.A. | 3 | 16.7 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 71.5 | 78.3 | 21790 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 40.4 | 18.7 | 181.6 | 41 | 42 | 168 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 28.4 | 3.8 | 16 | 66.8 | 69.4 | 6340 |
| Iran | 4 | 42.5 | 11.5 | 108.1 | 55.8 | 55 | 2490 |
| Iraq | 4 | 42.6 | 7.8 | 69 | 63 | 64.8 | 3020 |
| Israel | 4 | 22.3 | 6.3 | 9.7 | 73.9 | 77.4 | 10920 |
| Jordan | 4 | 38.9 | 6.4 | 44 | 64.2 | 67.8 | 1240 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 26.8 | 2.2 | 15.6 | 71.2 | 75.4 | 16150 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 31.7 | 8.7 | 48 | 63.1 | 67 | * |
| Oman | 4 | 45.6 | 7.8 | 40 | 62.2 | 65.8 | 5220 |
| Saudi_Arabia | 4 | 42.1 | 7.6 | 71 | 61.7 | 65.2 | 7050 |
| Turkey | 4 | 29.2 | 8.4 | 76 | 62.5 | 65.8 | 1630 |
| United_Arab_Emirates | 4 | 22.8 | 3.8 | 26 | 68.6 | 72.9 | 19860 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 42.2 | 15.5 | 119 | 56.9 | 56 | 210 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 41.4 | 16.6 | 130 | 47 | 49.9 | * |
| China | 5 | 21.2 | 6.7 | 32 | 68 | 70.9 | 380 |
| Hong_Kong | 5 | 11.7 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 74.3 | 80.1 | 14210 |
| India | 5 | 30.5 | 10.2 | 91 | 52.5 | 52.1 | 350 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 28.6 | 9.4 | 75 | 58.5 | 62 | 570 |
| Korea | 5 | 23.5 | 18.1 | 25 | 66.2 | 72.7 | * |
| Malaysia | 5 | 31.6 | 5.6 | 24 | 67.5 | 71.6 | 2320 |
| Mongolia | 5 | 36.1 | 8.8 | 68 | 60 | 62.5 | 110 |
| Nepal | 5 | 39.6 | 14.8 | 128 | 50.9 | 48.1 | 170 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 30.3 | 8.1 | 107.7 | 59 | 59.2 | 380 |
| Philippines | 5 | 33.2 | 7.7 | 45 | 62.5 | 66.1 | 730 |
| Singapore | 5 | 17.8 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 68.7 | 74 | 11160 |
| Sri_Lanka | 5 | 21.3 | 6.2 | 19.4 | 67.8 | 71.7 | 470 |
| Thailand | 5 | 22.3 | 7.7 | 28 | 63.8 | 68.9 | 1420 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 31.8 | 9.5 | 64 | 63.7 | 67.9 | * |
| Algeria | 6 | 35.5 | 8.3 | 74 | 61.6 | 63.3 | 2060 |
| Angola | 6 | 47.2 | 20.2 | 137 | 42.9 | 46.1 | 610 |
| Botswana | 6 | 48.5 | 11.6 | 67 | 52.3 | 59.7 | 2040 |
| Congo | 6 | 46.1 | 14.6 | 73 | 50.1 | 55.3 | 1010 |
| Egypt | 6 | 38.8 | 9.5 | 49.4 | 57.8 | 60.3 | 600 |
| Ethiopia | 6 | 48.6 | 20.7 | 137 | 42.4 | 45.6 | 120 |
| Gabon | 6 | 39.4 | 16.8 | 103 | 49.9 | 53.2 | 390 |
| Gambia | 6 | 47.4 | 21.4 | 143 | 41.4 | 44.6 | 260 |
| Ghana | 6 | 44.4 | 13.1 | 90 | 52.2 | 55.8 | 390 |
| Kenya | 6 | 47 | 11.3 | 72 | 56.5 | 60.5 | 370 |
| Libya | 6 | 44 | 9.4 | 82 | 59.1 | 62.56 | 5310 |
| Malawi | 6 | 48.3 | 25 | 130 | 38.1 | 41.2 | 200 |
| Morocco | 6 | 35.5 | 9.8 | 82 | 59.1 | 62.5 | 960 |
| Mozambique | 6 | 45 | 18.5 | 141 | 44.9 | 48.1 | 80 |
| Namibia | 6 | 44 | 12.1 | 135 | 55 | 57.5 | 1030 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 48.5 | 15.6 | 105 | 48.8 | 52.2 | 360 |
| Sierra_Leone | 6 | 48.2 | 23.4 | 154 | 39.4 | 42.6 | 240 |
| Somalia | 6 | 50.1 | 20.2 | 132 | 43.4 | 46.6 | 120 |
| South_Africa | 6 | 32.1 | 9.9 | 72 | 57.5 | 63.5 | 2530 |
| Sudan | 6 | 44.6 | 15.8 | 108 | 48.6 | 51 | 480 |
| Swaziland | 6 | 46.8 | 12.5 | 118 | 42.9 | 49.5 | 810 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 31.1 | 7.3 | 52 | 64.9 | 66.4 | 1440 |
| Uganda | 6 | 52.2 | 15.6 | 103 | 49.9 | 52.7 | 220 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 50.5 | 14 | 106 | 51.3 | 54.7 | 110 |
| Zaire | 6 | 45.6 | 14.2 | 83 | 50.3 | 53.7 | 220 |
| Zambia | 6 | 51.1 | 13.7 | 80 | 50.4 | 52.5 | 420 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 41.7 | 10.3 | 66 | 56.5 | 60.1 | 640 |