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Question: Suppose two equally sick people need the same heart operation. One does not smoke, the other is a heavy smoker.@In your opinion who should get the operation first?
Choices: "The non-smoker" "Their smoking habits should make no difference"
Data: % of "The non-smoker"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia67.1%
2 United Kingdom63.0%
2 United States63.0%
4 Netherlands51.6%
5 Czech Republic49.5%
6 Belgium47.6%
7 Finland43.8%
8 Denmark42.7%
9 Sweden42.5%
10 Turkiye42.2%
11 Republic of Korea38.0%
12 Spain37.2%
13 Norway36.6%
14 France36.3%
15 Slovakia35.4%
16 Chile35.2%
17 Poland35.0%
18 Switzerland33.7%
19 Slovenia31.8%
20 Israel31.7%
21 Lithuania28.4%
22 Japan27.3%
23 Germany27.0%
24 Italy 25.7%
25 Portugal25.5%

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 = 1.356424 X +6.169
Correlation coefficient (r)0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 68081.413721 X +19319.626
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.599650 X +81.287
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.387931 X +1.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.859573 X +9.055
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006