Jagai and her colleagues used the U.S. EPA's Environmental Quality
Index, a county - level measure incorporating more than 200 of these environmental
variables and obtained cancer incidence rates from the
National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program State Cancer Profiles.
to consider should be the following: 1) the achievement of full employment or reduction in the unemployment rate; 2) increase the income distribution measured by the Gini
index; 3) reduction of the levels of crime in society; 4) increase in service levels of education, health, housing and transport to the population; 5) increase of the investment in infrastructure, education, health, housing and sanitation; 6) increase in the HDI - Human Development Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73 variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in we
index; 3) reduction of the levels of crime in society; 4) increase in service levels of education, health, housing and transport to the population; 5) increase of the investment in infrastructure, education, health, housing and sanitation; 6) increase in the HDI - Human Development
Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73 variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in we
Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross
National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73
variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in website
The Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for new
variable rate advances and existing balances will change on the 1st day of each month to reflect any change in the
index and will be determined by calculating the highest
national prime rate figure as published in the Wall Street Journal on that day plus the applicable percentage shown above.