Table 2.
Correlation between gross domestic product (GDP) and income inequality and child burn mortality at regional and income level, 2013.
| Country grouping | GDP and burn mortality rate (N = 101) |
Income inequality and burn mortality rate (N = 103) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | r | p | |
| All | − 0.69 | < 0.01 | 0.44 | < 0.001 |
| Geographic region | ||||
| Sub-Saharan Africa (N = 15) | − 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.59 |
| South Asia (N = 8) | − 0.29 | 0.49 | 0.09 | 0.82 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean (N = 18) | − 0.55 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.40 |
| Eastern Europe/Central Asia (N = 26) | − 0.61 | < 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.01 |
| Asia East, South East and Pacific (N = 13) | − 0.59 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1.00 |
| Middle East and North Africa (N = 4) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.40 | 0.60 |
| Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (N = 33) | − 0.10 | 0.58 | 0.28 | 0.12 |
| Country income level | ||||
| High-income (N = 39) | − 0.11 | 0.54 | 0.26 | 0.11 |
| Middle-income (N = 49) | − 0.31 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.36 |
| Low-income (N = 14) | − 0.60 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.54 |