Table 2.

Correlations between SCORE and healthcare spending and health outcomes.

SCORE	Health (spending) indicator	Correlation (90%-confidence interval)
Total	Change in healthcare spending 2014–2022 (or latest) in PPS per inhabitant	−0.51 (0.32, 0.98)
Tobacco	Change in the share of behavioural risk related YLDs, 2011–2021	−0.28 (−0.58, 0.03)
Alcohol	Change in the proportion of total YLDs attributable to alcohol, 2011–2021	−0.63 (−0.81, −0.35)
Alcohol	10-year difference in heavy episodic monthly drinking, 2011–2021	−0.52 (−0.74, −0.2)
Sugar	Change in the share of SSB-related deaths from non-communicable diseases among women, 2011–2021	−0.35 (−0.63, 0.01)
Sugar	Change in the share of SSB-related DALYs among men, 2011–2021	−0.32 (−0.61, 0.04)

This table shows bivariate (Pearson) correlations between SCORE (overall and/or domain-specific) and selected health indicators. Correlations are computed across countries; each row reports the correlation for the outcome listed in column (2). Higher SCORE indicates greater within-category regulatory differentiation (risk-proportionate design), not overall policy stringency.