Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of variables

	LIF	DEA	MOR	GDP	THE	PRI	PUB	SAN
Bangladesh
Mean	67.37	6.43	53.57	509.00	2.73	94.83	7.87	50.06
Std. Dev.	2.98	0.89	15.29	121.80	0.30	2.25	0.96	6.13
Bhutan
Mean	63.85	7.79	48.37	1343.95	5.59	98.07	12.26	37.89
Std. Dev.	4.26	1.55	14.93	420.86	1.30	2.25	3.26	8.86
Cambodia
Mean	62.06	8.14	58.36	468.01	5.83	94.30	9.73	24.13
Std. Dev.	4.44	1.75	22.47	161.03	0.83	8.62	3.82	10.27
India
Mean	64.33	8.25	57.46	768.06	4.29	89.99	4.39	30.10
Std. Dev.	2.33	0.68	11.99	244.75	0.18	1.69	0.30	5.85
Indonesia
Mean	67.06	7.24	35.30	1336.29	2.50	74.82	5.00	51.38
Std. Dev.	1.17	0.06	8.47	259.47	0.39	1.56	0.75	6.03
Lao PDR
Mean	61.32	8.77	72.63	504.03	3.63	78.71	6.11	42.55
Std. Dev.	3.18	1.53	14.30	158.28	1.03	10.62	2.15	16.96
Malaysia
Mean	73.43	4.58	7.95	5587.07	3.51	76.59	5.60	92.96
Std. Dev.	0.85	0.17	1.69	929.23	0.45	1.98	0.58	2.40
Maldives
Mean	72.74	4.31	25.03	4223.96	7.86	65.26	15.49	86.86
Std. Dev.	3.78	0.88	15.09	703.87	2.05	15.06	4.04	9.74
Nepal
Mean	64.76	7.80	49.76	325.83	5.85	84.81	11.19	28.93
Std. Dev.	3.47	1.25	14.50	52.21	0.44	7.35	2.52	9.66
Pakistan
Mean	63.82	8.34	81.43	693.06	2.83	87.07	4.13	44.90
Std. Dev.	1.44	0.67	8.96	78.54	0.27	5.65	0.51	10.59
Philippines
Mean	67.18	6.28	27.77	1230.63	3.76	81.75	8.12	66.80
Std. Dev.	0.67	0.20	3.17	206.24	0.58	2.78	0.88	3.94
Singapore
Mean	79.54	4.48	2.73	29,060.14	3.49	94.70	9.04	99.84
Std. Dev.	2.03	0.24	0.67	5641.49	0.69	1.17	2.13	0.21
Sri Lanka
Mean	72.73	6.69	12.39	1319.45	3.66	84.04	7.30	85.87
Std. Dev.	2.02	0.46	2.88	374.54	0.29	4.59	1.62	6.14
Thailand
Mean	72.10	7.09	16.24	2883.15	4.93	68.76	16.72	92.18
Std. Dev.	1.53	0.42	4.05	534.58	0.89	9.77	4.85	1.45
Vietnam
Mean	73.94	5.65	23.44	705.23	5.60	89.97	8.48	60.49
Std. Dev.	1.15	0.11	4.01	209.81	0.80	6.26	2.47	9.92

Notes: LIF = Life expectancy at birth, DEA = Crude death rate, MOR = infant mortality rate; GDP = Gross domestic product (per capita), THE = Total health expenditure, PUB = Public health expenditure, PRI = Private health expenditure, SAN = Sanitation facilities