The Percentage of the US Population Without Health Insurance Coverage

question 14

Essay

The percentage of the US population without health insurance coverage for samples from the 50 states and District of Columbia for both 2003 and 2004 produced the following table of correlations.
What does the table for the two given sets of percentages tell you in this case?

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