Table 5.
Correlations of economic and political factors with numbers of cases of COVID-19 infection (contagion) and apparent COVID-19 mortality.
| Factor | Correlation | |
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Contagion | Mortality |
| Percentage of population living in cities | 0.476 | –0.085 |
| Testing for COVID-19 | 0.438 | –0.099 |
| Gross domestic product–purchasing power parity | 0.32 | –0.059 |
| World Health Organization Universal Health Coverage index | 0.303 | –0.02 |
| Health spending | 0.24 | 0.046 |
| Household size | 0.172 | 0.056 |
| Percentage of urban population living in slums | –0.407 | 0.041 |