Table 2.

Proportion of responses for how often each principle should be used in making allocation decisions across all respondents, with Texas/Maryland comparison.

Principle	Never or rarely		Often or always
	Texas (n=30), n (%)	Maryland (n=310), n (%)		Texas (n=30), n (%)	Maryland (n=310), n (%)
Survive current illness	2 (6.7)	25 (8.1)		26 (86.7)	220 (71.0)
Survive longest	8 (26.7)	50 (16.1)		15 (50.0)	174 (56.1)
Fewest life stages	9 (30.0)	87 (28.1)		10 (33.3)	93 (30.0)
Value to others	6 (20.0)	65 (21.0)		12 (40.0)	149 (48.1)
First come, first served	12 (40.0)	149 (48.1)		8 (26.7)	65 (21.0)
Lottery	24 (80.0)	254 (81.9)		3 (10.0)	12 (3.9)