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US Infant Mortality vs US Mobile Subscriptions
US Infant Mortality and US Mobile Subscriptions correlate at r = -0.68 over 50 years (1960–2024), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = +0.83. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.68, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.83. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.68
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 50 (1960–2024)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.80 to -0.49
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.83
Sources
- US Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births): World Bank. US Infant Mortality (World Bank indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN).
- US Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people): World Bank. US Mobile Subscriptions (World Bank indicator IT.CEL.SETS.P2).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.