Table 2:

Correlation between the variables that were examined

	Y	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5	X6
Life expectancy (Y)	1
HIV prevalence rate (X1)	-0.55**	1
Physicians density (X2)	0.55**	-0.28*	1
Total fertility rate (X3)	-0.76**	0.25*	-0.62**	1
Adolescent fertility rate (X4)	-0.64**	0.22	-0.48**	0.71**	1
Mean years of schooling (X5)	0.57**	-0.09	0.71**	-0.61**	-0.54**	1
Gross National Income (X6)	0.69**	-0.20	0.56**	-0.68**	-0.49**	0.58**	1

Note: *Significant at P<0.05 level, and ** Significant at P<0.01 level