The Dutch Euthanasia Review Commissions have published their 2010 annual report. Copy in Dutch can be downloaded here.
An English translation is published recently; so is a French (en Francais) and a German (Deutsch) one.
Summary 2010 annual report Euthanasia Review Commissions
Total number of reported cases:
2008 2331
2009 2636
2010 3136
Of which:
路 2819 by GP
路 193 by specialist
路 115 by geriatric specialist
路 2499 at home
路 182 in hospital
路 109 in nursing home
路 346 in hospices and elsewhere
路 2548 because of cancer
路 75 because of cardiovascular disorder
路 158 because of nervous system disorder
路 237 others
路 2 cases of psychiatric problems (severe chronic depression)
路 25 cases of (beginning) dementia (mostly Alzheimer鈥檚)
路 9 cases (none because of psychiatric or dementia condition!!) were considered as NOT complying with the criteria (mostly procedural).