Research Article

Socioeconomic Influence on Cardiac Mortality in the South Asian Region: New Perspectives from Grey Modeling and G-TOPSIS

Table 2

Ranking based on grey incidence analysis.

Explanatory variablesSSD-GIA-based ranking order

UrbanizationPakistan > Bhutan > Bangladesh > Nepal > Sri Lanka > India > Afghanistan > Maldives
Population growthSri Lanka > Bhutan > Maldives > Pakistan > India > Afghanistan > Nepal > Bangladesh
HDIPakistan > Afghanistan > India > Bangladesh > Nepal > Bhutan > Maldives > Sri Lanka
Access to energyPakistan > Sri Lanka > Bhutan > Nepal > Maldives > Bangladesh > India > Afghanistan
UnemploymentIndia > Sri Lanka > Bangladesh > Pakistan > Afghanistan > Bhutan > Nepal > Maldives
Public health expenditureIndia > Pakistan > Bangladesh > Sri Lanka > Afghanistan > Nepal > Maldives > Bhutan