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Question: Suppose two equally sick people need the same heart operation. One is aged 30, the other 70. In your opinion who should get the operation first?
Choices: "The 30 years old" "The 70 years old" "Their ages should make no difference"
Data: % of "The 30 years old"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland55.9%
2 Turkiye54.8%
3 Republic of Korea54.3%
4 Australia51.6%
4 Spain51.6%
6 Belgium51.2%
7 United States50.9%
8 Italy49.0%
9 Denmark48.6%
9 Slovenia48.6%
11 France46.1%
12 Israel45.5%
12 Norway45.5%
14 Finland44.9%
15 Lithuania44.8%
16 United Kingdom42.3%
17 Japan 40.6%
18 Netherlands39.9%
19 Germany39.7%
20 Portugal39.3%
20 Sweden39.3%
22 Czech Republic38.2%
23 Poland38.1%
24 Chile31.0%
25 Slovakia30.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.054921 X +6.714
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 115282.763091 X -7357.281
Correlation coefficient (r)0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 10.277193 X +76.216
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.307494 X +1.707
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 13.269356 X +7.154
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025