(* DATA4-12: This data set was compiled by Marc Selznick. It relates the mortality rate in a state to a number of socio-economic variables. Data are for U.S. States and D.C. All variables are in per-capita amounts or represent Proportions of state populations. MORT = Total Mortality Rate per 100,000 Population, by State National Center For Health Statistics. "Advance Report of Final Mortality Statistics, 1985." August 28, 1987. Table 17. Pages 42-43. (Range 396.2 - 1120.5). INCC = Per-Capita Income by State, in Dollars Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Annual 1986. Table 20. (Range 9187 - 18187). POV = Proportion of Families Living Below the Poverty Line by State Statistical Abstract of the United States 1990. Table 742. (Range 0.079 - 0.239). EDU1 = Proportion of Population Completing 4 Years of High School by State U.S. Department of Education, "Digest of Education Statistics, 1987." Table 10. (Range 0.531 - 0.825). EDU2 = Proportion of Population Completing 4 or More Years of College by State U.S. Department of Education, "Digest of Education Statistics, 1987." Table 10. (Range 0.104 - 0.275). ALCC = Per-Capita Consumption of Alcohol by State, in Gallons, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, "Alcohol Use in the U.S." January- March, 1987. Page 22. (Range 1.53 - 5.34). TOBC = Per-Capita Consumption of Cigarettes by State, in Packs Tobacco Institute Annual 1987. "Tax Burden on Tobacco." Table 11. (Range 66.5 - 201.1). HEXC = Per-Capita Health Care Expenditures by State, in Dollars (Personal, State, and Federal Spending) Almanac of the 50 States, 1987. Pages 9-357. Various Tables (By State). (Range 1203 - 3872). PHYS = Physicians per 100,000 Population by State Health Insurance Association of America, "Source Book of Health Insurance Data, 1986-7." Table 7.1. (Range 117 - 552). URB = Proportion of Population Living in Urban Areas by State Statistical Abstract of the United States 1990. Page xii. State Rankings Section. (Range 0.2 - 1) AGED = Proportion of Population over the Age of 65, by State U.S. Department of Commerce. "Current Population Reports, 1987." Page 86. Table 8. (Range 0.034 0.177). *) MORT INCC POV EDU1 EDU2 ALCC TOBC HEXC PHYS URB AGED ; 1 1 51 BYOBS