Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Covid: Correlations
Just tried this out of curiosity. Population density, percentage of population with African heritage*, and prevalence of obesity correlate with the death rate with coefficients of 0.5, 0.35, and 0.20 respectively. (Any of which may be direct or proxies for other things.) The largest two are shown:
I don't have exact data, but my best estimate is that Sweden would fall about where Indiana is at this time.