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Results are contrasted to age-matched actual population health scores and to findings from a previous study in The Netherlands.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A cross-sectional online survey was performed. The same survey questions were applied as in a previous study in The Netherlands in order to enable inter-country comparisons. The descriptive system of the EQ-5D-3L health status questionnaire was used to assess the acceptability of moderate and severe health problems at ages from 30 to 80 by 10-year age-groups. Descriptive statistics were performed and linear regression analysis was used to investigate the determinants of acceptability.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Altogether 9281 (female 32.8%) were involved with mean age 36.0\u00a0years and EQ-5D-3L index score of 0.852 (SD 0.177). Acceptability of health problems increased with age, differed per health domain and with severity of the problems. Except for \u2018Self-care\u2019, moderate health problems were acceptable by the majority from age 70 and acceptability scores were lower than EQ-5D-3L population norms from that age. The lowest average acceptability age was found in the \u2018Anxiety\/depression\u2019 and dimension the highest in the \u2018Self-care\u2019 dimension. Respondents\u2019 age, current health, and lifestyle were significant determinants (R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>: 0.041\u20130.130). With a few minor exceptions in some health dimensions, acceptability levels and patterns were strikingly similar to the Dutch findings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In Hungary, acceptability of health problems increases with age and the majority found severe problems never acceptable. 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