| Belgium | Denmark | Netherlands | Sweden | Switzerland | Australia | |
| Response rate (%) | 58 | 68 | 61 | 60 | 64 | 53 |
| No of respondents | 1750 | 1217 | 1275 | 1514 | 1397 | 1478 |
| Life stance (%) | ||||||
| Christian | ||||||
| Roman Catholic | 64.4 | 1.1 | 28.4 | 4.5 | 30.9 | 19.1 |
| Protestant | 0.8 | 56.9 | 22.1 | 50.6 | 34.7 | 29.2 |
| Orthodox | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Non-religious | ||||||
| Specific philosophy* | 8.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| No specific philosophy | 23.9 | 37.6 | 43.9 | 36.0 | 27.0 | 36.5 |
| Other religions | ||||||
| Jewish | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| Muslim | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Buddhist | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Hindu | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Other denomination | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Religious without denomination | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Self-reported importance of life stance in ELDs (% important or very important) | 45.0 | 32.1 | 38.7 | 47.8 | 62 | 54.2 |
*Usually humanist/existentialist: 94% in Belgium,79% in Denmark, 95% in The Netherlands, 91% in Sweden, 71% in Switzerland, 66% in Australia. The minority of physicians with other specific non-religious philosophies were mostly atheists but with Christian ethics (1.3–18.4%) and a small number of Taoists (0–4%).
ELD, end-of-life decision.