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Question: In general, would you say your health is...?
Choices: "Excellent" "Very good" "Good" "Fair" "Poor"
Average score (as "Excellent"=5 "Very good"=4 "Good"=3 "Fair"=2 "Poor"=1)
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary372.4%
2 Israel369.8%
3 Slovakia363.7%
4 Sweden358.9%
5 Denmark355.6%
6 Switzerland354.4%
7 Austria351.4%
8 Iceland 345.9%
9 United States341.8%
10 Turkiye339.6%
11 Finland339.1%
12 Republic of Korea339.0%
13 Norway338.2%
14 United Kingdom327.9%
15 France324.9%
16 Spain320.8%
17 Slovenia317.7%
18 Italy315.4%
19 Germany312.4%
20 Czech Republic307.9%
21 Chile284.3%
22 Lithuania278.3%
23 Japan233.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.508637 X +5.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 25932.818362 X -38230.943
Correlation coefficient (r)0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.527537 X +82.611
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.389589 X +0.234
Correlation coefficient (r)0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -2.273082 X +17.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027