| Description of variable |
Mean |
| Number of physicians per 100,000
residents |
208.37 |
| Percent of population age 65
years or older |
13.08 |
| Hospital beds per 1,000 residents |
4.03 |
| Percent of population unemployed |
5.53 |
| Population in thousands of residents
per square mile of land area |
.58 |
| Personal income in thousands
of dollars |
13.158 |
| Farm income as percent of State
domestic product |
2.90 |
| State law capping damage awards
in malpractice cases (1=yes, 0=no) |
.28 |