Rule of law and public health indicators

We used a novel Rule of Law Index, gathered from survey sources, in a crosssectional and ecological design. We obtained all statistical data used in this study from previously published sources for the most recent year (between 2009-2012), using UN sources for health and economic data, supplemented with data and political freedom and the rule of law from Freedom House and the World Justice Project, respectively. The limitations of the individual sources allowed for a merged database of complete data in 96 countries, comprising 91% of global population.