Correlation between different possible causes of cancer

Add both data for males and females and average it out for lung cancer

I have been interested in investigating possible correlations, between different things and
actions. This has sparked my interest towards the topic I will be discussing in my
investigation. The topic I will be investigating is what factors are most likely to be a causation
for cancer and I will do this by investigating four different variables and finding out whether I
can prove that there is a clear correlation with these actions and environments people in
these countries live in. I will be trying to find this correlation by using linear regression and
the chi-squared test.

The theorem
Linear regression:

Raw data tabels:

Countries I am going to use:

China
Afghanistan
United States
Finland
Sweden
Thailand
Brazil
Niger
Ethiopia
United Kingdom
Spain
Germany
Saudi Arabia

Data from 2005:

Country Percentage Average CO2 Alcohol Deaths by

of population income emissions consumption lung cancer
over 15 (dollars) per person per capita per 100k
smoking (%) (tons) (litres) people

China 31.8 4760 4.46 5.91 44.9

Afghanistan 33.4 450 526 0.02 22.3

United 23.9 99900 19.6 9.44 48.6

States
 Finland 28.1 98600 10.4 12.5 28.3

Sweden 22 103000 5.7 10.1 24.6

Thailand 21.7 7610 3.78 7.08 31.3

Bangladesh 25.6 1660 275 0.17 17.17

Norway 32 176000 9.16 7.81 33.2

Ethiopia 4.3 541 667 4.02 6.33

Saudi Arabia 14.7 61600 16.6 0.25 9.52

United 35.7 82000 9 13.4 12.3

Kingdom

Spain 33.7 69700 8.03 11.6 34.3

Germany 31.6 88500 9.76 12.8 34.3

Argentina 30 21200 4.14 10 28.2

Australia 24.8 99800 17.3 10 29.2

Nepal 30.6 1000 0.12 2.41 9.1

France 31.7 96600 6.26 13.7 36.4

Denmark 33.4 115000 8.69 13.4 50.7

Uruguay 32.6 21500 1.74 8.14 39.3

Ukraine 29.8 6320 7.12 15.6 34.5

Raw data table 1

Figure 1: Percentage of smokers over the age of 15

Figure 1 showcases the percentage of smokers over the age of 15. When you compare this
to figure 5 which showcases the amount of deaths from cancer you can see that there is a
clear correlation between smoking and the amount of deaths from cancer. I will be
calculating the correlation using linear regression and the chi-squared test.

Figure 2: Average income (dollars)

Figure 2 displays the average income of the 20 countries I am investigating and from this I
am trying to find a correlation between the deaths from cancer and the average income of a
person in this country. By comparing figure 2 with figure 5 you can see that lower income
countries tend to have a higher death rate from cancer.
Figure 3: CO2 emissions per person (tons)

Figure 3 is a graph which showcases the CO2 emissions of the 20 countries which I am
investigating. When comparing figure 3 and figure 5 you can see that there is no clear
correlation between the two, but I will still try and investigate to find one.
Figure 4: Alcohol consumption annually per capita (litres)

Figure 4 is a figure which shows the alcohol consumption per capita of the 20 countries
which I am investigating. By comparing figure 4 and figure 5 you can see that the countries
with lower alcohol consumption have significantly lower rates of deaths from lung cancer
Figure 5: Deaths by lung cancer per 100k people