Impact of good governance, economic growth and universal health coverage on COVID-19 infection and case fatality rates in Africa

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the variables

Variables	Obs	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Median	IQR
Observed COVID-19 CFR	54	2.16	1.45	0.15	7.52	1.65	1.96
COVID-19 infection rate	54	951.49	2 283.61	0.83	15 277.02	233.46	506.92
UHC SCI components: infectious diseases	54	44.72	14.30	11	78	44	18
UHC SCI components: noncommunicable diseases	54	66.82	5.57	52	81	67	5
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 2018	53	5.65	2.57	2.14	16.06	5.17	2.85
Ambient and household air pollution-attributable death rate (per 100 000 population)	54	89.39	33.35	39.89	180.9	82.71	44.18
Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²	54	10.529	7.061	3.6	31.8	8.2	5.9
Per capita GDP (current USD) 2019	54	2 555.56	3 171.32	126.9	17 448.3	1 337.6	2 506.8
Government effectiveness	54	−0.80	0.70	−2.45	0.87	−0.79	0.88
COVID-19 government response stringency index	54	47.9	18.01	11.11	80.56	47.9	25

BMI body mass index, CFR case fatality rate, GDP gross domestic product, IQR interquartile range, SCI UHC index of service coverage, SD standard deviation

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