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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:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China61.3%
2 Taiwan58.0%
3 Philippines57.2%
4 Croatia56.6%
5 Switzerland55.9%
6 Turkiye54.8%
7 Republic of Korea54.3%
8 Australia51.6%
8 Spain51.6%
10 Belgium51.2%
11 United States50.9%
12 Italy49.0%
13 Denmark48.6%
13 Slovenia48.6%
15 France46.1%
16 Israel45.5%
16 Norway45.5%
18 Finland44.9%
19 Lithuania44.8%
20 United Kingdom42.3%
21 Bulgaria41.4%
22 South Africa41.2%
23 Japan40.6%
24 Netherlands39.9%
25 Germany39.7%
26 Portugal39.3%
26 Sweden39.3%
28 Czech Republic38.2%
29 Poland38.1%
30 Russian Federation31.6%
31 Chile31.0%
32 Slovakia 30.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.366407 X +6.696
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 39033.822418 X +21708.566
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 9.382006 X +75.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.129445 X +1.514
Correlation coefficient (r)0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -12.753622 X +16.344
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036