Table 2

Survey responses to the question: how confident are you that if you become seriously ill, you will receive the most effective treatment, including drugs and diagnostic tests?

	Confidence level (%)						χ²	Mann-Whitney U	Kruskal-Wallis
	Very confident	Confident	Not very confident	Not at all confident	Not sure	Decline to answer	χ²	Mann-Whitney U	Kruskal-Wallis
Comparison between region/country							p<0.001*	p<0.001*
UK	32.0	61.3	5.6	0.7	0.4	0.0
USA	34.6	38.7	16.0	9.1	1.3	0.3
Comparison between residence types							p=0.004*		p=0.004*
Rural	32.0	51.2	10.2	5.2	1.2	0.1
Suburban	35.9	44.9	12.4	5.6	1.0	0.2
Urban	31.7	46.3	13.8	7.2	0.6	0.4
Comparison within residence types, by region/country
Rural							p<0.001*	p<0.001*
Suburban							p<0.001*	p=0.009*
Urban							p<0.001*	p<0.001*
Comparison within region/country, by residence types
UK							p=0.817		p=0.781
USA							p=0.003*		p=0.001*