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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Does a ban on trans fats improve public health: synthetic control evidence from Denmark

 

# Obs

Mean

StD

Min

Max

Panel A: outcomes

 CVD death rate

988

192.01

132.04

25.6 (South Korea)

651.1 (Estonia)

 Adult obesity rate

988

17.69

5.43

1.5 (Japan)

35.6 (USA)

 Adolescent obesity rate

988

6.89

3.28

1.4 (Slovakia)

21.2 (USA)

 Child obesity rate

988

9.05

3.72

2.1 (Slovakia)

22.5 (USA)

 Fraction overweight

988

51.82

8.25

18.4 (Japan)

67.4 (USA)

 Body mass index

988

25.71

1.05

22.3 (Japan)

28.8 (USA)

Panel B: covariates

 Food demand structure (first principal component)

988

0.000

3.80

− 6.09 (Latvia)

7.06 (USA)

 Food demand structure (second principal component)

988

− 0.000

1.18

− 6.88 (USA)

0.74 (Switzerland)

 Log health expenditure in 2000

38

7.17

1.71

3.99 (South Korea)

12.50 (USA)

 Consumer price index in 1990

38

43.29

28.41

0.0008 (Brazil)

100 (Germany)

 Consumer price index in 1995

38

59.69

20.90

6.33 (Russia)

101.07 (Japan)

 Consumer price index in 2000

38

73.44

14.09

30.76 (Russia)

102.65 (Japan)

 Consumer price index growth in 1990

38

107.21

484.48

− 3.11 (Sweden)

2960 (Brazil)

 Consumer price index growth in 1995

38

16.09

33.34

− 0.12 (Japan)

197.47 (Russia)

 Consumer price index growth in 2000

38

4.55

4.22

− 0.65 (Switzerland)

20.77 (Russia)

 Latitude

988

38.45

26.69

− 40.90 (New Zealand)

64.96 (Iceland)

 Longitude

988

10.54

62.61

− 103.34 (Canada)

174.88 (New Zealand)

 Share of age-dependent population

988

50.16

5.71

36.32 (South Korea)

76.42 (Mexico)

 Birth rate

988

12.76

3.92

7.60 (Latvia)

28.54 (Mexico)

 IQ

988

96.94

4.72

84 (Colombia)

106 (South Korea)

 Population growth

988

0.55

0.80

− 2.57 (Estonia)

6.01 (Israel)

 Systolic blood pressure

988

26.15

5.94

11 (South Korea)

40.75 (Lithuania)

 Life expectancy

988

76.88

3.94

64.46 (Russia)

83.84 (Japan)

 Log GDP per capita

988

9.58

0.49

8.40 (Russia)

10.40 (USA)

 Log GDP per capita in 1990

38

9.36

0.46

8.46 (Costa Rica)

10.05 (USA)

 Log GDP per capita in 1995

38

9.38

0.51

8.47 (Russia)

10.11 (USA)

 Log GDP per capita in 2000

38

9.54

0.51

8.56 (Russia)

10.26 (USA)

 Fruit intake

988

94.43

33.88

18 (Lithuania)

188 (Israel)

 Vegetables intake

988

104.75

48.57

23 (Colombia)

302 (Greece)

 Sugar intake

988

43.17

10.70

16 (Slovenia)

71 (USA)

 Protein intake

988

99.13

14.41

56 (Colombia)

140 (Iceland)

 Fat intake

988

123.64

28.04

58 (South Korea)

176 (Austria)

 Calories intake

988

3272.52

289.43

2538 (Estonia)

3858\ (Austria)