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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - "People use health care services more than necessary."
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree or disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland80.4%
2 France70.2%
3 Spain68.9%
4 Philippines64.3%
5 Republic of Korea61.4%
6 Taiwan60.8%
7 Italy58.3%
8 Denmark58.2%
9 United States58.0%
10 Netherlands57.5%
10 United Kingdom57.5%
12 Belgium55.6%
13 Turkiye55.5%
14 China53.8%
15 Japan 53.6%
16 Germany51.8%
17 Portugal51.2%
18 Australia48.5%
19 Slovenia47.8%
20 Norway46.4%
21 Poland45.8%
22 Czech Republic44.7%
23 Finland37.7%
24 Sweden37.4%
25 South Africa35.4%
26 Slovakia33.5%
27 Croatia32.7%
28 Israel29.8%
29 Chile29.3%
30 Bulgaria18.8%
31 Russian Federation14.9%
32 Lithuania14.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.574496 X +6.252
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 60048.610166 X +10839.194
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 12.861069 X +73.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.351996 X +1.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -12.065520 X +16.274
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130