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Question: In general, would you say your health is... ?
Choices: "Excellent" "Very good" "Good" "Fair" "Poor"
Data: % of "Excellent" "Very good" "Good"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada360.7%
2 Sweden341.5%
3 United States339.8%
4 Australia329.2%
5 United Kingdom324.1%
6 Republic of Korea319.7%
7 France 316.6%
8 Germany302.3%
9 Japan236.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.799486 X +4.142
Correlation coefficient (r)0.672
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.452

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 23970.989192 X -25858.047
Correlation coefficient (r)0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.409454 X +89.594
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.206113 X +0.847
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.118309 X +11.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000