Interest in organ transplantation and attitudes towards organ donation and transplantation
Total | Japan | South Korea | Taiwan | P value | |
Are you interested in organ transplantation? | |||||
Yes | 732 (49) | 196 (39) | 249 (50) | 287 (57) | <0.001 |
No | 768 (52) | 304 (61) | 251 (50) | 213 (43) | |
Are you willing to donate your organs after death (brain death or cardiac arrest)? | |||||
Yes/probably yes | 849 (57) | 208 (42) | 292 (58) | 349 (70) | <0.001 |
Unsure | 381 (25) | 180 (36) | 118 (24) | 83 (17) | |
No/probably no | 270 (18) | 112 (22) | 90 (18) | 68 (14) | |
Are you willing to accept transplanted organs from the deceased if necessary? | |||||
Yes | 720 (48) | 129 (26) | 250 (50) | 341 (68) | <0.001 |
Unsure | 494 (33) | 247 (49) | 147 (29) | 100 (20) | |
No | 286 (19) | 124 (25) | 103 (21) | 59 (12) |
Notes: n (%).