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Table 5 Religious attitudes: influence of religious self-identification on attitudes towards organ donation

From: From motivation to acceptability: a survey of public attitudes towards organ donation in Denmark

Question

Answer

Religious (%)

Not religious (%)

What is your general attitude towards organ donation and transplantation?

Very positive/positive

89.6

93.2

Neither negative nor positive

6.8

5.1

Very negative/negative

3.6

1.6

Total

100

100

Would you be willing to donate your organs after death?

Yes

76.7

88.1

No

11

5.6

Undecided

12.3

6.2

Total

100

100

Would you be willing to receive organs from a dead donor?

Yes

76.7

91.4

No

11.4

5.8

Undecided

11.7

2.9

Total

100

100