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Australia .........|--- |--- |19.3|19.4|21.1|--- |--- | 9.9| 7.0| 7.6|--- |--- | 3.8| 4.5| 5.1|--- |--- | 5.6| 7.9| 8.5
Austria ...........|16.8|19.6|21.1|26.0|25.7| 5.0| 5.3| 6.0| 6.3| 5.0| 4.1| 5.2| 5.3| 3.2| 3.4| 7.7| 9.0| 9.9|16.5|17.3
Belgium\1\ ........|--- |--- |--- |25.3|--- | 4.6|--- |--- | 6.1|--- | 1.7|--- |--- | 2.3|--- |--- |--- |--- |17.0|---
Canada ............|17.1|16.4|16.7|19.7|20.0| 4.9| 6.0| 6.5| 8.2| 8.1| 4.5| 4.2| 3.8| 4.0| 4.3| 7.7| 6.2| 6.4| 7.5| 7.6
Czech Republic ....|--- |--- |--- |29.3|29.5|--- |--- |--- | 3.8| 4.2|--- |--- |--- | 3.0| 8.4|--- |--- |--- |22.5|16.9
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Denmark ...........|--- |--- |--- |--- |10.5| 6.3| 4.4| 2.5|--- | 6.8|--- |--- |--- |--- | 3.1|16.2|21.7|17.0|--- | 0.6
Finland ...........|39.3|33.5|37.2|33.2|32.2| 7.7| 4.1| 4.0| 0.6| 3.9| 6.3| 5.9| 6.9| 2.4| 3.3|25.3|23.4|26.3|30.2|24.9
France ............|--- |--- |--- |27.1|30.1|--- |--- |--- |--- |12.2|--- |--- |--- |--- | 5.5|--- |--- |--- |12.5|12.5
Germany\2\ ........|23.8|31.3|31.6|33.5|31.7| 5.0| 7.2| 6.7| 6.9| 6.4| 2.3| 3.5| 5.2| 5.2| 4.9|16.5|20.5|19.7|21.4|20.3
Hungary ...........|--- |--- |--- |17.3|12.6|--- |--- |--- | 1.1| 1.1|--- |--- |--- | 1.3| 1.2|--- |--- |--- |14.9|10.4
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Iceland ...........|--- |--- |--- |13.6|16.5|--- |--- |--- | 6.1| 6.0|--- |--- |--- | 2.6| 4.0|--- |--- |--- | 4.9| 6.5
Ireland ...........|28.8|34.1|32.3|25.8|29.3|12.8|14.1|16.9| 8.8|11.5| 4.0| 6.3| 4.7| 7.1| 7.2|12.0|13.7|10.7|10.0|10.6
Italy .............|19.5|19.7|19.5|27.6|27.5| 8.1| 7.6| 6.8| 6.0| 5.9| 3.1| 3.9| 3.8| 3.4| 3.2| 8.3| 8.3| 8.9|18.2|18.4
Japan .............|22.7|23.5|22.8|18.9|18.9| 2.4| 2.4| 3.4|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |20.3|21.0|19.3|18.9|18.9
Korea, Republic of |--- |--- |--- |36.7|36.9|--- |--- |--- | 6.3| 6.3|--- |--- |--- | 4.5| 4.3|--- |--- |--- |25.9|26.3
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Mexico ............|--- |--- |--- |22.9|23.0|--- |--- |--- | 2.1| 2.2|--- |--- |--- | 7.0| 6.7|--- |--- |--- |13.8|14.1
Netherlands .......|21.8|21.1|--- |16.5|16.2| 8.5| 7.1|--- | 3.2| 3.2| 1.2| 1.6| 1.6| 1.7| 1.9|12.1|12.4|--- |11.6|11.1
New Zealand .......|20.5|19.5|--- |18.6|17.8|11.7| 8.2|--- |12.1|11.2| 5.5| 5.5|--- | 1.6| 1.9| 3.3| 5.8| 3.2| 5.0| 4.7
Norway ............|--- |12.9|16.8|12.8|11.6| 2.5| 2.1| 3.1| 0.8| 0.7| 1.8| 0.6| 0.5| 2.8| 3.4|--- |10.2|13.2| 9.3| 7.5
Poland ............|--- |--- |--- |16.5|16.7|--- |--- |--- | 2.1| 2.7|--- |--- |--- | 1.8| 2.0|--- |--- |--- |12.6|12.0
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Portugal ..........|--- |--- |15.0|--- |17.5| 6.5| 6.7| 2.2|--- | 1.7|--- |--- | 2.8|--- | 3.6|--- |10.5| 9.9|--- |12.2
Spain .............|13.9|15.0|18.2|21.0|22.7| 5.5| 5.7| 4.3| 4.8| 5.3| 1.3| 2.6| 4.5| 3.9| 4.3| 7.0| 6.7| 9.4|12.3|13.1
Sweden ............|15.4|24.0|26.4|25.0|27.7| 2.6| 4.1| 3.9| 3.6| 3.7| 1.6| 4.7| 5.5| 3.0| 3.7|11.3|15.2|17.0|18.4|20.3
Switzerland .......|20.2|23.0|22.3|25.1|25.1|10.3|11.2|10.4| 6.5| 6.0| 2.1| 3.7| 3.7| 1.8| 1.8| 7.9| 8.1| 8.3|16.8|17.3
Turkey ............|23.0|20.6|20.9|24.2|24.1| 3.6| 4.6| 5.1| 7.1| 7.4| 1.6| 2.1| 2.7| 3.7| 3.6|17.8|13.8|13.1|13.4|13.1
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United Kingdom ....|--- |--- |--- |28.9|28.5|--- |--- |--- | 9.8|12.5|--- |--- |--- | 6.4| 5.8|--- |--- |--- |12.7|10.2
United States .....|21.7|16.9|--- |17.4|17.1| 6.3| 5.1|--- | 7.2| 6.6| 5.5| 4.0| 3.3| 3.3| 3.9| 9.8| 7.8| 6.7| 6.9| 6.6
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