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US Adolescent Birth Rate vs US Life Expectancy
US Adolescent Birth Rate and US Life Expectancy correlate at r = -0.87 over 65 years (1960–2024), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = +0.43. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.87, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.43. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.87
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 65 (1960–2024)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.92 to -0.79
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.43
Sources
- US Adolescent Birth Rate (per 1,000 women 15–19): World Bank. US Adolescent Birth Rate (World Bank indicator SP.ADO.TFRT).
- US Life Expectancy (years): World Bank. US Life Expectancy (World Bank indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.