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. 2007 Nov;5(6):486–491. doi: 10.1370/afm.720

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Correlations With Percentage of Primary Care IMGs Who Attended Medical School in Countries Expatriating Physicians to the United States

Need Heading r P
Under-5 mortality rate, 2003 .44 <.001
Life expectancy at birth (y), 2003 −.44 <.001
% Immunized, 2003, 1-year-old children, DPT3 −.33 .004
% Immunized, 2003, 1-year old children, polio3 −.34 .012
% Immunized, 2003, 1-year old children, measles −.28 .018

DPT3 = 3 doses of diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus toxoid vaccine; IMGs = international medical graduates; polio3 = 3 doses of polio vaccine.