The Dutch Review Committee published today its 2014 Annual Report. The total number of reported cases increased to 5306 (in 2013 this was 4829), a rise of 10% (was 15% in 2013). In the schemes presented below one can see that the increase occurred in all categories, and more or less in the same proportion. Only special mention must be made that reports on euthanasia applied to patients with beginning dementia (2014: 81; 2013 97) and psychiatry (2014: 41; 2013 42) did NOT increase.
Only 4 cases (< 0,1%) were reported as ‘not careful’ to the authorities. All four concerned procedural safeguards.
Below the data of 2014 (compared with 2013):
|
|
2013 |
2014 |
|
GP |
4281 |
4678 |
|
Specialist |
213 |
175 |
|
Elderly Care specialist |
193 |
191 |
|
Other (incl. Life End Clinic) |
129 |
237 |
|
|
2013 |
|
2014 |
|
|
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
Total reported 2012 |
4188 |
100,0 |
5306 |
100,0 |
|
Cancer |
3588 |
74,3 |
3888 |
73,2 |
|
Cardio vascular |
223 |
4,6 |
247 |
4,6 |
|
Nervous system |
294 |
6,0 |
317 |
5,9 |
|
Pulmonary disease (COPD) |
174 |
3,6 |
184 |
3,4 |
|
Dementia |
97 |
2,0 |
81 |
1,5 |
|
Psychiatry |
42 |
0,8 |
41 |
0,7 |
|
other |
160 |
3,3 |
291 |
5,4 |
|
Combination of diagnoses elderly |
251 |
5,1 |
257 |
4,8 |
|
|
2013 |
2014 |
|
At home |
3850 |
4309 |
|
In hospital |
240 |
171 |
|
In nursing home |
160 |
184 |
|
In elderly home |
268 |
239 |
|
In hospice |
295 |
326 |
|
Elsewhere |
66 |
77 |
The report – in Dutch only (translated summaries will be published later) – can be read here.