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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia67.1%
2 United Kingdom63.0%
2 United States63.0%
4 Sweden42.5%
5 Republic of Korea38.0%
6 France36.3%
7 Japan 27.3%
8 Germany27.0%
9 Italy25.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.512713 X +6.081
Correlation coefficient (r)0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 51855.625338 X +27007.657
Correlation coefficient (r)0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.496601 X +84.292
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.602063 X +1.208
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.473236 X +15.283
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004