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| Life Expectancy at Birth in 2000
versus Per Capita GDP in 2001 by province |
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Source: China Statistical Yearbook,
2003, Life Expectancy: Table 4-17, p.118; GDP (2002): Table 3-9, p.63;
GDP (2001): China Statistical Yearbook, 2002, Table 3-9
Note: GDP at current prices. |
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| Average life expectancy at birth in
China's provinces correlates highly with provincial per capita GDP -
at least at per capita levels of more than 7,500 Yuan per person per
year. |
| Of course, this correlation does not
necessarily indicate a causal relationship but it is interesting that
rapidly developing but also densely populated and polluted urban areas
and provinces in the East have much higher life expectancies
than typical rural provinces such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Xinjiang, or
Gansu. |
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