title: Demographic and economic correlates of development as measured by energy consumption.
abstract: Per capita consumption of energy in 112 world areas was related to a series of economic and demographic variables. Linear associations were found for four economic variables, and a curvilinear association in the form of a J curve for four demographic variables. It was found that the exponential distribution y = e(-X) for the curves for the demographic variables (crude birth rate, infant mortality rate, percent of deaths from contagious and infectious diseases, and life expectancy). By using a table of exponential functions, one can determine values for the distribution of these variables and the crude death rate for any desired level of energy consumption.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, USA.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Reinhart