Table 1.

Frequencies and percentages of the perceived personal and comparative susceptibility to infectious diseases.

	Perceived personal susceptibility		Comparative susceptibility
	Frequencies	Percentages	Frequencies	Percentages
Common cold
No answer	1	.5	3	1.4
Very unlikely	21	9.5	30	13.6
Unlikely	27	12.2	41	18.6
Not likely/not unlikely	85	38.5	77	34.8
Likely	87	39.4	70	31.7
HIV
No answer	5	2.3	7	3.2
Very unlikely	186	84.2	178	80.5
Unlikely	18	8.1	22	10.0
Not likely/not unlikely	9	4.1	8	3.6
Likely	3	1.4	6	2.7
Avian flu outside Italy
No answer	4	1.8	5	2.3
Very unlikely	129	58.4	136	61.5
Unlikely	54	24.4	51	23.1
Not likely/not unlikely	28	12.7	23	10.4
Likely	6	2.7	6	2.7
Avian flu in Italy
No answer	5	2.3	5	2.3
Very unlikely	130	58.8	71	32.1
Unlikely	60	27.1	94	42.5
Not likely/not unlikely	20	9.0	42	19.0
Likely	6	2.7	9	4.1
Tuberculosis
No answer	3	1.4	5	2.3
Very unlikely	73	33.0	122	55.2
Unlikely	91	41.2	64	29.0
Not likely/not unlikely	51	23.1	23	10.4
Likely	3	1.4	7	3.2
Influenza A/H1N1
No answer	3	1.4	3	1.4
Very unlikely	58	26.2	53	24.0
Unlikely	82	37.1	83	37.6
Not likely/not unlikely	71	32.1	69	31.2
Likely	7	3.2	13	5.9
New virus
No answer	5	2.3	2	.9
Very unlikely	45	20.4	46	20.8
Unlikely	82	37.1	79	35.7
Not likely/not unlikely	78	35.3	81	36.7
Likely	11	5.0	13	5.9