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Question: When it comes to each of the following areas, do you think the United States is the best, above average, average, below average, or the worst? How about the United Statesf...? - Healthcare system
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "Below average" "The worst"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia81.9%
2 Sweden78.2%
3 France74.6%
4 United Kingdom71.1%
5 Germany70.6%
6 Canada67.3%
7 Italy 66.0%
8 Republic of Korea43.2%
9 United States39.9%
10 Japan33.7%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021. For the United States, "American Trends Panel Wave 82" February 2-7, 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.749639 X +5.558
Correlation coefficient (r)0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 15882.465647 X +38980.235
Correlation coefficient (r)0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.410237 X +80.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.978230 X +0.866
Correlation coefficient (r)0.566
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.320

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -14.503959 X +20.187
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294