* This Stata 5.0 "do" file loads and labels data from * Gallup, John Luke, Sachs, Jeffrey D., and Mellinger, Andrew D. 1999. * "Geography and Economic Development," in Pleskovic, Boris, * and Joseph E. Stiglitz, eds., World Bank Annual Conference on * Development Economics 1998. Washington: World Bank, pp. 127-128. * See Gallup, Sachs, and Mellinger, pp. 161-164 for more detailed * explanation of vars *File will create a dataset of disease extent by country: yellow fever * (1952 and 1996); plague (1952); leprosy (1952); visceral leishmaniasis * (1954 and 1984); helminthiasis (1952); dengue fever (1951 and 1975 to 1995); * schistosomiasis (1987); and lymphatic filiriases (1984). *Modified January 12, 2000 insheet using disarea.csv, names comma clear label var wbcode "World Bank (ISO) 3-letter country code" label var country "Country name" label var disa1 "'51 % land area w/yellow fever" label var disa2 "'52 % land area w/plague" label var disa3 "'52 % land area w/leprosy" label var disa4 "'54 % land area w/Lorient" label var disa5 "'54 % land area w/LKalaaz" label var disa6 "'54 % land area w/LAmeric" label var disa7 "'52 % land area w/schisto haem." label var disa8 "'52 % land area w/schisto mans." label var disa9 "'52 % land area w/filariid mans" label var disa10 "'52 % land area w/par.west." label var disa11 "'52 % land area w/fas.buski" label var disa12 "'52 % land area w/opt. fel." label var disa13 "'52 % land area w/dip. latum" label var disa14 "'52 % land area w/clon. sinem." label var disa15 "'52 % land area w/hookworm" label var disa16 "'52 % land area w/filariid loa" label var disa17 "'52 % land area w/filariid wuch" label var disa18 "'52 % land area w/filariid onch" label var disa19 "'52 % land area w/filariid acan" label var disa20 "'51 % land area w/dengue" label var disa21 "'87 % land area w/schisto" label var disa22 "'96 % land area w/yellow fever" label var disa23 "'75-'95 % land area w/dengue" label var disa24 "'84 % land area w/lymph. fil." label var disa25 "'84 % land area w/visc.leish." sort wbcode save disarea, replace