:NDERF Web  Submission Data Summary 5/14/00
Total NDE Experience Submissions: 105

Experience associated with: (More than one response selectable)
Clinical death 33
Life threatening event 23
Other condition not life threatening 2
Other conditions around the time of experience 19

Events around experience associated with: (More than one response selectable)
Accident 17
Illness 13
Surgery-related 10
Childbirth 2
Heart attack 6
Allergic reaction 1
Suicide Attempt 10
Combat 3
Criminal attack 3
Other circumstances around the time of experience 16

Experience included: (More than one response selectable)
Out of body experience 55
Presence of unearthly beings 41
Light 44
Presence of deceased persons 18
Darkness 36
A landscape or city 22
Void 19
Boundary 20
Strong emotional tone 38
Special knowledge 36
Life review 21
Vision of the future 17
Features consistent with your beliefs at the time 12
None of the above 1

Experience resulted in changes in: (More than one response selectable)
Personal relationships 46
Belief system 51
Job or studies 26
Physical aftereffects 18
Increased sensitivity, healing or psychic abilities 35
Feelings about family, friends or society 44
Feelings about death 58
Sense of life purpose 50
None of the above 2

Resulting Changes	Responses	Percent	Error (95% confidence range)
Positive	33	50.0%	8.1% (+/- 2 SD)
Mixed	30	45.5%	8.1% (+/- 2 SD)
Disturbing	3	4.5%	3.4% (+/- 2 SD)

Over time, changes resulting from experience:
Increase
36
54.5
%
8.1
% (+/- 2 SD)
Stay about the same
25
37.9
%
7.9
% (+/- 2 SD)
Decrease
5
7.6
%
4.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
Religious background at time of experience:
Liberal
13
26.0
%
6.2
% (+/- 2 SD)
Moderate
24
48.0
%
7.1
% (+/- 2 SD)
Conservative/fundamentalist
13
26.0
%
6.2
% (+/- 2 SD)
Religious background now:
Liberal
12
28.6
%
5.9
% (+/- 2 SD)
Moderate
18
42.9
%
6.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
Conservative/fundamentalist
12
28.6
%
5.9
% (+/- 2 SD)

After experience, contents considered:
Wonderful
31
47.7
8.1
% (+/- 2 SD)
Mixed
28
43.1
8.0
% (+/- 2 SD)
Frightening
6
9.2
4.7
% (+/- 2 SD)

Were there any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience? 
Yes
29
33.7
%
8.8
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
57
66.3
%
8.8
% (+/- 2 SD)
Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words?
Yes
63
67.0
%
9.1
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
31
33.0
%
9.1
% (+/- 2 SD)
At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?
Yes
85
87.6
%
6.5
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
12
12.4
%
6.5
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?
Yes
72
82.8
%
7.0
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
15
17.2
%
7.0
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?
Yes
48
53.9
%
9.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
41
46.1
%
9.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you see a light?
Yes
67
69.1
%
9.1
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
30
30.9
%
9.1
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you meet or see any other beings?
Yes
73
73.7
%
8.8
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
26
26.3
%
8.8
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you experience a review of past events in your life?
Yes
33
35.1
%
9.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
61
64.9
%
9.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?
Yes
32
37.2
%
9.0
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
54
62.8
%
9.0
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?
Yes
58
61.1
%
9.5
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
37
38.9
%
9.5
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you have any sense of altered space or time?
Yes
66
74.2
%
8.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
23
25.8
%
8.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?
Yes
60
61.9
%
9.6
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
37
38.1
%
9.6
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?
Yes
40
44.4
%
9.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
50
55.6
%
9.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you become aware of future events?
Yes
40
43.5
%
9.5
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
52
56.5
%
9.5
% (+/- 2 SD)
Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?
Yes
58
61.7
%
9.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
36
38.3
%
9.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?
Yes
46
53.5
%
9.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
40
46.5
%
9.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?
Yes
83
91.2
%
5.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
8
8.8
%
5.4
% (+/- 2 SD)
Have you shared this experience with others?
Yes
94
94.0
%
4.7
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
6
6.0
%
4.7
% (+/- 2 SD)
Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?
Yes
48
90.6
%
4.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
5
9.4
%
4.3
% (+/- 2 SD)
Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?
Yes
19
19.2
%
7.8
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
80
80.8
%
7.8
% (+/- 2 SD)
Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?
Yes
76
84.4
%
6.9
% (+/- 2 SD)
No
14
15.6
%
6.9
% (+/- 2 SD)

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