Education Working Paper No. 6 September 2004The Teachability Index: Can Disadvantaged Students Learn?
Table 5: The Health Index
Year
Health
Disabilities
Mortality
Low Birth-Weight Survival
Suicide
1970
0.0%
1971
0.9%
9.2%
-1.3%
-4.4%
1972
0.6%
11.9%
-0.5%
-8.8%
1973
0.2%
13.6%
0.5%
-13.2%
1974
0.3%
17.3%
1.4%
-17.6%
1975
22.8%
1.6%
-22.0%
1976
25.1%
2.6%
-26.4%
1977
0.4%
29.4%
2.9%
-30.8%
1978
0.7%
31.4%
3.9%
-35.3%
1979
0.1%
1.1%
34.2%
4.9%
-39.7%
1980
-0.2%
36.1%
6.0%
-44.1%
1981
-0.3%
1.9%
40.0%
5.4%
-48.5%
1982
42.0%
5.3%
-52.9%
1983
5.7%
44.4%
5.1%
-57.3%
1984
-1.2%
6.3%
45.2%
-61.7%
1985
-1.6%
8.2%
46.1%
-66.1%
1986
-2.4%
47.4%
4.5%
-70.5%
1987
-2.9%
11.8%
48.0%
3.5%
-74.9%
1988
-4.2%
48.1%
-79.3%
1989
-5.3%
12.2%
48.7%
-83.7%
1990
-5.8%
12.6%
51.6%
-88.1%
1991
-4.9%
12.9%
53.6%
-0.8%
-85.4%
1992
-3.6%
14.2%
56.3%
-2.0%
-82.7%
1993
-3.7%
56.2%
-3.3%
-80.0%
1994
-3.0%
11.7%
58.0%
-4.5%
-77.3%
1995
-2.5%
10.1%
60.0%
-74.6%
1996
-0.9%
8.9%
61.1%
-7.0%
-66.8%
1997
6.8%
62.3%
-8.9%
-59.0%
1998
1.5%
4.7%
62.4%
-9.8%
-51.2%
1999
3.0%
2.5%
63.3%
-10.6%
-43.4%
2000
63.8%
-10.0%
-35.6%
2001
5.2%
65.8%
-11.7%
-33.9%
Figure 5: The Health Index
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