Corrections
Important correction
BMJ 1996; 312 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7040.1194 (Published 11 May 1996) Cite this as: BMJ 1996;312:1194Income distribution and mortality: cross sectional ecological study of the Robin Hood index in the United States
A data transposition error occurred in table 4 of this paper by Bruce P Kennedy et al (20 April, pp 1004-7). The corrected data are presented below. This correction indicates that the Gini coefficient measure of income inequality is also strongly associated with mortality, contrary to the authors' initial conclusions.
Table 4
Correlations between cause of death and Gini coefficient
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