Table 3.

Pearson Correlations Between National GDP, Gini Index, Life Expectancy at Age 50 and Prevalence of Disease and Disability

	Men Aged 55–74
Percent with:	2012 GDP Per Capitaa	Gini Indexb	Life Expectancy at Age 50c	Tertiary Education
Heart Disease	0.01	−0.14	−0.22	0.25
Diabetes	−0.06	0.20	0.16	0.07
Stroke	−0.20	−0.31	−0.33	0.30
Hypertension	−0.03	−0.10	−0.17	0.06
Arthritis	0.25	0.16	−0.29	−0.09
ADL	−0.24	0.38	−0.62*	−0.19
	Women Aged 55–74
Percent with:	2012 GDP Per Capitaa	Gini Indexb	Life Expectancy at Age 50c	Tertiary Education
Heart Disease	−0.32	0.21	−0.48*	0.04
Diabetes	−0.42	0.60*	−0.28	−0.21
Stroke	−0.08	−0.30	−0.08	0.47*
Hypertension	−0.47*	0.26	−0.33	−0.05
Arthritis	0.22	0.11	−0.25	−0.02
ADL	−0.22	0.62*	−0.70*	−0.25

Note: All statistics are 2012 except Japan 2011. ADL = Activities of daily living; GDP = Gross domestic product.

All statistics are from harmonized datasets (2–8), except where noted.

^aPer capita GDP in 2012 is provided by World Bank (9). ^bGini coefficient in 2012 is taken from OECD (10) and World Bank (11) and is a measure of inequality, ranging from 0 (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality). ^cLife expectancy in 2012 is taken from WHO (12).

*Indicates significance at the 0.05 level.