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Table 2.  State data: Variable means
(1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000 data; N = 196)

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

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