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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 France316.6%
8 Germany302.3%
9 Japan 236.0%

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 = 0.897079 X +3.938
Correlation coefficient (r)0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 17138.623914 X -3333.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.922720 X +91.164
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.150016 X +1.008
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.469414 X +19.463
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008