Unexpected positive correlation between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of COVID-19 in Italy

In this analysis, we observed that human development index (an integrated index of life expectation, education and living standard) correlates with infection rate (proportion of confirmed cases among the population) and the fatality rate of COVID-19 in Italy based on data as of May 15, 2020. Further...

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Autores principales: Liu, Kai, He, Mu, Zhuang, Zian, He, Daihai, Li, Huaichen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33015305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100174
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description In this analysis, we observed that human development index (an integrated index of life expectation, education and living standard) correlates with infection rate (proportion of confirmed cases among the population) and the fatality rate of COVID-19 in Italy based on data as of May 15, 2020. Further analysis showed that HDI is negatively correlated with cigarette consumption, whereas it is positively correlated with chronic disease and average annual gross salary. These factors may partially explain why unexpected positive correlation is observed between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of COVID-19 in Italy.
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spelling pubmed-75226242020-09-29 Unexpected positive correlation between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of COVID-19 in Italy Liu, Kai He, Mu Zhuang, Zian He, Daihai Li, Huaichen One Health Short Communication In this analysis, we observed that human development index (an integrated index of life expectation, education and living standard) correlates with infection rate (proportion of confirmed cases among the population) and the fatality rate of COVID-19 in Italy based on data as of May 15, 2020. Further analysis showed that HDI is negatively correlated with cigarette consumption, whereas it is positively correlated with chronic disease and average annual gross salary. These factors may partially explain why unexpected positive correlation is observed between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of COVID-19 in Italy. Elsevier 2020-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7522624/ /pubmed/33015305 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100174 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Unexpected positive correlation between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of COVID-19 in Italy
title_fullStr Unexpected positive correlation between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of COVID-19 in Italy
title_full_unstemmed Unexpected positive correlation between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of COVID-19 in Italy
title_short Unexpected positive correlation between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of COVID-19 in Italy
title_sort unexpected positive correlation between human development index and risk of infections and deaths of covid-19 in italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33015305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100174
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