Table 7.

Negative binomial regression estimated association between predictors and deaths in high-income countries (N = 47)

Variables	Odds ratio	95% CI
Population ages 65 and abovea	1.0646	(0.8538, 1.3275)
Population densityb	0.9985	(0.9969, 1.0002)
Health expenditure of GDPc	2.0206	(1.3797, 2.9593)
NCD-caused deathsd	1.0737	(0.9127, 1.2631)
Healthcare workforcee	0.9945	(0.9834, 1.0057)
Hospital bedsf	0.8433	(0.6691, 1.0628)
Democracy Indexg	0.5231	(0.3441, 0.7952)

^aPercentage of the population ages 65 and above

^bPopulation per km² of the country’s surface area

^cHealth expenditure as a percentage of the gross domestic product

^dPercentage of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases of total deaths

^eTotal number of medical doctors, nurses, and midwives per 10,000 population

^fNumber of hospital beds per 1000 population

^gDemocracy Index score (0–10)