Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of main variables.

Variables	Sample size	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum value	Quartile 1	Median	Quartile 3	Maximum value
NCs	11,421	0.382	0.893	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	8.072
FC	11,421	5.702	1.438	0.000	5.529	5.858	6.501	7.540
NCDs	11,421	0.328	0.771	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	3.989
EME	11,421	2.271	1.500	0.000	0.693	2.303	3.638	4.934
Ajygs	11,421	16.587	0.584	15.532	16.111	16.503	17.041	18.078
GDP	11,421	10.955	0.328	10.353	10.767	10.877	11.107	11.725
Size	11,421	10.337	0.879	8.036	9.796	10.535	10.764	11.833
Lev	11,421	0.579	0.058	0.502	0.530	0.565	0.609	0.738
Tax	11,421	16.752	0.852	14.502	16.354	16.799	17.095	18.427