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Table 3 Descriptive statistics

From: The effects of public and private health care expenditure on health status in sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence from panel data analysis

Variable

Mean

Std dev

Min

Max

Health care expenditure (total)

9.71

5.51

1

17

Health care expenditure (public)

3.32

1.81

1

9

Health care expenditure (private)

5.97

4

1

15

Infant mortality

84.23

27.77

13

162

Crude death rate

14.29

4.41

5

38

Life expectancy

52.06

7.09

27

74

GDP per capita

270.17

150.44

1

566

HIV prevalence

11.98

9.97

1

29

OOP health expenditure

29.79

25.33

1

88

Improved sanitation

7.08

14.65

1

63

Improved water source

13.86

25.25

1

93

Hospital beds

1.34

0.87

1

6

Age below 14

43.26

4.16

22

49

Age 15-64

53.58

3.6

48

71

Age above 65

3.16

0.82

2

7