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US Energy Use per Capita vs US Homicide Rate
US Energy Use per Capita and US Homicide Rate correlate at r = +0.40 over 31 years (1990–2023), p = 0.026. With the time trend removed, r = -0.65. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is 0.40, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes -0.65. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- +0.40
- p-value
- 0.026
- Years compared (n)
- 31 (1990–2023)
- 95% confidence interval
- 0.05 to 0.66
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- -0.65
Sources
- US Energy Use per Capita (kWh): Our World in Data. US Energy Use per Capita (Our World in Data: Total energy supply).
- US Homicide Rate (per 100,000 people): Our World in Data. US Homicide Rate (Our World in Data: Homicide rate per 100,000 population).
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- US CO₂ Emissions per Capita vs US Energy Use per Capita (r = +0.93)
- US Homicide Rate vs US Life Expectancy (r = -0.91)
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.