| End-of-life decision | Belgium | Denmark | Netherlands | Sweden | Switzerland | Australia |
| Ever performed APS? | ||||||
| Roman Catholic | 84.0 | * | 91.6 | 55.6 | 64.8 | 86.2 |
| Protestant | * | 94.6 | 90.5 | 66.0 | 70.7 | 85.4 |
| Non-religious (specific philosophy) | 85.0 | 97.3 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 85.2 | 92.1 |
| Non-religious (no specific philosophy) | 81.1 | 96.1 | 92.8 | 70.1 | 73.6 | 89.4 |
| p Value | 0.550 | 0.580 | 0.383 | 0.026 | 0.016 | 0.222 |
| Ever performed terminal sedation? | ||||||
| Roman Catholic | 30.7 | * | 40.4 | 30.8 | 23.9 | 31.8 |
| Protestant | * | 29.4 | 36.2 | 22.2 | 27.4 | 30.5 |
| Non-religious (specific philosophy) | 35.5 | 24.3 | 45.0 | 37.0 | 39.3 | 24.3 |
| Non-religious (no specific philosophy) | 27.2 | 32.0 | 44.8 | 27.6 | 28.4 | 35.1 |
| p Value | 0.020 | 0.658 | 0.127 | 0.017 | 0.216 | 0.313 |
| Ever performed PAD at patient’s request?‡ | ||||||
| Roman Catholic | 6.1 | * | 15.7 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Protestant | * | 4.9 | 20.4 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 2.4 |
| Non-religious (specific philosophy) | 14.5 | 16.2 | 34.1 | 0.0 | 14.8 | 5.3 |
| Non-religious (no specific philosophy) | 11.1 | 6.4 | 22.9 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| p Value | <0.001 | 0.036 | 0.009 | 0.009† | 0.021 | 0.018 |
Values are the percentage that had ever made the end-of-life decision mentioned; p values are from Pearson χ2 or Fisher exact test.
*Only life-stance groups with more than 2% of respondents in national sample were retained in the analyses.
†Tested with the Fisher exact test.
‡Includes prescribing or supplying drugs to allow the patient to end his or her life (physician-assisted suicide) and administering the drugs.