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F. GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUES (battle deaths) vs SPEED OF DECLINE
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World battle deaths: 2005=12322, 2014=115972, 2022=276893
corr(log battle deaths, annual FreeScore change), 2006-2024 = -0.19
  (negative => years with more violence are years of faster democratic decline)

Period | mean battle deaths/yr | mean decline speed (FreeScore/yr)
  2000-2005:     29,755   +0.78
  2006-2012:     31,851   -0.22
  2013-2018:     88,595   -0.27
  2019-2024:    143,670   -0.41

corr(log deaths year t, decline speed year t+1), 2005-2023 = -0.16