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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:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia81.9%
2 Spain79.5%
3 Sweden78.2%
4 Belgium77.5%
5 France74.6%
6 United Kingdom71.1%
7 Germany70.6%
8 Netherlands69.0%
9 New Zealand67.6%
10 Canada 67.3%
11 Italy66.0%
12 Republic of Korea43.2%
13 United States39.9%
14 Greece37.8%
15 Japan33.7%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 23 countries.

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 data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.823614 X +5.512
Correlation coefficient (r)0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 23587.827653 X +31241.013
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 3.310815 X +79.819
Correlation coefficient (r)0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.700374 X +1.035
Correlation coefficient (r)0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -6.678231 X +14.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061