Table 1. Dataset used in this study

Category Variable Data source
Demographic Population NASA SEDAC [19]
Socioeconomic Night time light level NASA [19]
GDP Kummu et al. [22]
Human development index Kummu et al. [22]
Income based country classification World Bank [2]
Public health Health expenditure World Bank [2]
Geographic IHR score World Health Organization [1]
Urban land use Tuanmu et al. [26]
GDP, gross domestic product; IHR, International Health Regulation.