In this study, the national income per capita of certain countries has been included as a principle component of analysis in order to determine if income per capita alone can he used as a general criteria to indicate the overall health status of the countries.
By analyzing 15 variables. 72 countries have been ranked as developed, developing, or underdeveloped according to (A) the national income [>er capita; (B) the first 5 eigen vectors, using all the variable; and ((') the first 4 eigen vectors, using only the health related indicators. Rank correlations have been found to be r 0.H9 between (A) and (B) and r= 0.84 between (A) and (C)
As a result of this study, it may be said that national income per capita levels are useful in determining the general health status of those countries where availability of health indicators is limited./.Journal of Turgut Özal Medical Center 1(4):251-256,1994/
Key Words: National income, health status
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