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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The role of universal health coverage and global health security nexus and interplay on SARS-CoV-2 infection and case-fatality rates in Africa : a structural equation modeling approach

Variables

Obs

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Median

IQR

Observed COVID-19 case fatality rate (CFR)

54

2.16

1.44

0.15

7.52

1.65

1.96

COVID-19 infection rate

54

951.5

2283.6

0.83

15277.02

233.46

506.92

Median age of the national population

54

21.08

4.90

15.1

37.4

19.4

4.1

Overall GHS index

54

31.07

7.79

16.2

54.8

30.65

9.3

Population density per square kilometer

54

107.22

135.5

3.0

626

61.5

90

Percentage who currently use tobacco

54

13.60

5.15

4.25

27.2

13.60

5.7

Disease specific mortality of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

54

6.82

3.08

2.74

22.48

6.46

3.33

UHC for service coverage index

54

48.07

12.41

25

78

45.0

15

Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

54

10.53

7.06

3.6

31.8

8.2

5.9

Ambient and household air pollution attributable death rate (per 100,000 population)

54

89.38

33.35

39.89

180.9

82.71

44.18

  1. UHC Universal health coverage (UHC), GHS index Global Health Security Index;