NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2003
Module:Attitudes_to_Older_People
Variable:HEARTOP

Suppose a young man with three children and an older man of 70 are both on the waiting list for a heart by-pass operation. They are both equally in need and have been on the waiting list for exactly the same time. If you were the surgeon and had a choice, which man would you prefer to treat first?

	%
Younger man first	74
Older man first	6
(it depends)	13
Other (please specify)	2
(don't know)	5

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Younger man first	77	73
Older man first	7	6
(it depends)	12	14
Other (please specify)	1	2
(don't know)	3	6

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Younger man first 78 78 74 74 69 75
Older man first 8 7 6 6 8 5
(it depends) 9 13 12 13 17 15
Other (please specify) 1 1 2 3 2 2
(don't know) 5 2 6 5 4 4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Younger man first 75 74 79
Older man first 5 7 8
(it depends) 14 14 7
Other (please specify) 2 1 3
(don't know) 4 5 4

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