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:
· 2819 by GP
· 193 by specialist
· 115 by geriatric specialist
· 2499 at home
· 182 in hospital
· 109 in nursing home
· 346 in hospices and elsewhere
· 2548 because of cancer
· 75 because of cardiovascular disorder
· 158 because of nervous system disorder
· 237 others
· 2 cases of psychiatric problems (severe chronic depression)
· 25 cases of (beginning) dementia (mostly Alzheimer’s)
· 9 cases (none because of psychiatric or dementia condition!!) were considered as NOT complying with the criteria (mostly procedural).