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US Milk Consumption per Person vs US Infant Mortality
US Milk Consumption per Person and US Infant Mortality correlate at r = +0.37 over 63 years (1961–2023), p = 0.0031. With the time trend removed, r = -0.30. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is 0.37, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes -0.30. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- +0.37
- p-value
- 0.0031
- Years compared (n)
- 63 (1961–2023)
- 95% confidence interval
- 0.13 to 0.56
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- -0.30
Sources
- US Milk Consumption per Person (kg/year): Our World in Data. US Milk Consumption per Person (Our World in Data: Per capita consumption of milk, excluding butter).
- US Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births): World Bank. US Infant Mortality (World Bank indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.