Table 1.

Counts and percentages of end-of-life decision categories (SDP, WD and WH) are reported for each of the studies and religious affiliation of treating physicians

Religious affiliation	SDP				WD				WH				Total
	Ethicus-1		Ethicus-2		Ethicus-1		Ethicus-2		Ethicus-1		Ethicus-2		Ethicus-1		Ethicus-2
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Catholic	64	8.2	10	1.7	371	47.6	282	47	345	44.2	308	51.3	780	40.7	600	37.5
Greek Orthodox	0	0	0	0	38	21.5	21	18.4	139	78.5	93	81.6	177	9.2	114	7.1
Muslim	0	0	0	0	8	36.4	19	26.8	14	63.6	52	73.2	22	1.2	71	4.4
Jewish	0	0	0	0	54	17.8	0	0	249	82.2	78	100	303	15.8	78	4.9
None	14	4.1	6	2.3	126	36.6	116	44.8	204	59.3	137	52.9	344	17.9	259	16.2
Other	0	0	1	1	11	35.5	47	46.5	20	64.5	53	52.5	31	1.6	101	6.3
Protestant	2	0.8	0	0	83	32.6	80	50.6	170	66.7	78	49.4	255	13.3	158	9.9
Unknown	0	0	0	0	3	60	127	57.7	2	40	93	42.3	5	0.3	220	13.7
Missing	0	0	0	0	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	0
Total	80	4.2	17	1.1	695	36.2	692	43.2	1143	59.59	892	55.72	1918	100	1601	100

Percentages are computed separately for the Ethicus-1 and Ethicus-2 studies and show the distribution of end-of-life decision categories within religions. The “Total” row shows the overall distribution of end-of-life decision categories in each of the studies, and the “Total” columns show the distribution of treating physician’s religion in each of the studies. SDP shortening of dying process, WD withdrawing, WH withholding