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Question: Suppose two equally sick people need the same heart operation. One is aged 30, the other 70. In your opinion who should get the operation first?
Choices: "The 30 years old" "The 70 years old" "Their ages should make no difference"
Data: % of "The 30 years old"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland55.9%
2 Turkiye54.8%
3 Republic of Korea54.3%
4 Australia51.6%
4 Spain51.6%
6 Belgium 51.2%
7 United States50.9%
8 Italy49.0%
9 Denmark48.6%
9 Slovenia48.6%
11 France46.1%
12 Israel45.5%
12 Norway45.5%
14 Finland44.9%
15 Lithuania44.8%
16 United Kingdom42.3%
17 Japan40.6%
18 Netherlands39.9%
19 Germany39.7%
20 Portugal39.3%
20 Sweden39.3%
22 Czech Republic38.2%
23 Poland38.1%
24 Chile31.0%
25 Slovakia30.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.253337 X +6.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 124671.795876 X -9450.448
Correlation coefficient (r)0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 11.065446 X +76.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.286190 X +1.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 8.025596 X +6.595
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016