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US Natural Gas Consumption vs US Median Age
US Natural Gas Consumption and US Median Age correlate at r = +0.77 over 59 years (1965–2023), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = -0.71. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is 0.77, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes -0.71. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- +0.77
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 59 (1965–2023)
- 95% confidence interval
- 0.64 to 0.85
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- -0.71
Sources
- US Natural Gas Consumption (TWh): Our World in Data. US Natural Gas Consumption (Our World in Data: Gas).
- US Median Age (years): Our World in Data. US Median Age (Our World in Data: Median age).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.