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Table 1 Data sources for health indicators and confounders

From: Health and historical levels of freedom

Variable

Data Source

life expectancy

World Bank [5]

infant mortality

World Bank [5]

maternal mortality ratio

WHO [6]

% low birth weight babies

WHO,[7] World Bank [5]

Gini coefficient

Green, E.,[8] Vision of Humanity,[9] CIA,[10] World Bank [11]

total gov't expenditure

CIA [12]

GNI/capita

WHO [13]

% total GDP spent on health

World Bank [5]

freedom data

Freedom House [3]