Table 8.

Effect of economic freedom (EFUSA) on log of typhoid fever death rate and smallpox death rates using different censuses

Variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Log of typhoid fever	− 0.352**	− 0.221*	− 0.0515	− 0.304*	− 0.146*
	(0.160)	(0.123)	(0.142)	(0.171)	(0.0779)
Observations	31	33	37	38	44
R-squared	0.719	0.408	0.142	0.417	0.287
Log of smallpox	− 0.308	0.213	− 0.468	0.0849	0.0840
	(0.621)	(0.187)	(0.538)	(0.217)	(0.0679)
Observations	26	27	36	36	43
R-squared	0.348	0.583	0.389	0.022	0.079

Robust standard errors in parentheses

***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1