They found that lower index scores strongly correlate with higher murder rates. (scientificamerican.com)
The pair compared murder and disease rates from 48 US states and found that high disease rates correlated with high murder rates. (newscientist.com)
As well as the rather crass attention - seeking, I was mocking the attempt to provide an «evidence base» with «at least one» anecdote from a country which everybody knows has liberal gun laws and a much higher murder rate. (nextleft.org)