The data in Table 3.9 were used in the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report warning of the health risks associated with smoking, where the first variable is annual per capita cigarette consumption and the second variable is deaths from coronary heart disease per 100,000 persons aged 35 to 64. Calculate the correlation. Does the value of the correlation suggest that there is a positive relationship, negative relationship, or essentially no relationship between cigarette consumption and heart disease?

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Cigarette Heart Cigarette Heart Use Disease Use Disease Australia 3,220 238.1 Mexico 1,680 31.9 Austria 1,770 182.1 Netherlands 1,810 124.7 Belgium 1,700 118.1 New Zealand 3,220 211.8 Canada 3,350 211.6 Norway 1,090 136.3 Denmark 1,500 144.9 Spain 1,200 43.9 Finland 2,160 233.1 Sweden 1,270 126.9 France 1,410 144.9 Switzerland 2,780 124.5 Greece 1,800 41.2 United Kingdom 2,790 194.1 Iceland 2,290 110.5 United States 3,900 259.9 Ireland 2,770 187.3 West Germany 1,890 150.3 Italy 1,510 114.3