StateMaster - Scatterplot: Health > Diabetes vs Health > Medicare as % of Health Care Spending

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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.474 (this correlation is weak)

	X Axis	Y Axis

Variable:	Health > Diabetes	Health > Medicare as % of Health Care Spending
Plot Display:	Logarithmic (base 10)	Logarithmic (base 10)
Definition:	Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes? Percent of respondents who answered yes.	Medicare Personal Health Care Spending as a Percent of Total Personal Health Care Spending, 1998
Source:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.	statehealthfacts.org
Correlations:	Health > Diabetes per 100 Adults Health > Heart Disease Death Rate per 100,000 Health > Percent of Women with High Blood Pressure Health > High blood pressure Labor > Percent of People Who are in the Labor Force (Including Armed Forces)	Labor > Percent of People Who are in the Labor Force (Including Armed Forces) Health > Short-Stay Hospitals Health > Admissions Health > Diabetes Health > High blood pressure
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