Table 2.
Descriptive statistics.
| Description of variables | Countries with HIGH numbers of ventilators, N = 5 |
Countries with LOW numbers of ventilators, N = 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |
| Mechanical ventilators per 100,000 inhabitants, 2015–2020 | 26.76 | 14.94 | 10.38 | 2.57 |
| GDP per capita in 2020, U$ | 51,196.42 | 24,067.16 | 52,093.27 | 19,156.84 |
| Health expenditure as % of GDP, 2008–2018 | 10.950 | 3.680 | 10.960 | 0.800 |
| COVID-19 Fatality rates %, December 31st, 2020 (§) | 1.436 | 0.412 | 2.460 | 0.561 |
| COVID-19 Fatality rates %, February 21st, 2022 | 0.550 | 0.470 | 0.770 | 0.280 |
Note: M = arithmetic mean; SD=Standard Deviation; (§) this value assesses the real effect of mechanical ventilators on the health of people because it refers to a previous period the vaccination campaign between countries, when effective drugs to treat the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are missing.