Table 1.

Descriptive statistics.

Indicator	Definition	Data source	Mean	SD	Min.	Max.	Obs.
Dependent variable: case fatality rate	Level	Dong et al. (1)	2.302	2.801	0.050	28.91	120
Demographics: share of population: ages 65 and above	%	World Bank (13)	9.865	6.570	1.144	27.04	120
Demographics: share of population: ages 0–14	%	World Bank (13)	25.69	10.13	12.33	47.30	120
Social networks: population density	Logarithmic form	World Bank (13)	4.228	1.284	0.683	8.976	120
Health capacity: health equipment: hospital beds	Per 1,000 people	World Bank (13)	3.044	2.540	0.001	13.05	120
Health capacity: physicians	Per 1,000 people	World Bank (13)	2.146	1.603	0.014	7.120	120
Testing and tracking policies	Index from 0 to 5	Hale et al. (14)	3.241	1.276	0.000	5.000	120
Climate: average temperatures	Level in celsius degrees	World Bank (15)	17.14	8.606	−5.350	28.25	120
Economic structure: economic complexity	Level in index	Hausmann et al. (16)	0.021	1.007	−2.008	2.309	120
Economic structure: post-tax Gini	Index from 0 to 1	Solt (18)	0.380	0.075	0.227	0.625	120
Economic structure: labor market regulations	Index from 0 to 10	Gwartney et al. (19)	6.298	1.265	2.24	8.98	120
Globalization: KOF globalization index	Log Index from 0 to 100	Dreher (22) & Gygli et al. (21)	4.201	0.193	3.756	4.508	120
Institutional quality: democracy/autocracy spectrum	Index from −10 to 10	Marshall and Gurr (24)	4.741	5.995	−10.00	10.00	120
Conflicts: sum of internal and external conflicts	Index from 0 to 14	Marshall (25)	0.400	1.140	0.000	6.000	120