Deaths by medical end-of-life decision; age, cause of death

The survey of medical end-of-life decisions presents information on medical end-of-life decisions by attending physicians. For this survey, a random sample is taken from death certificates at Statistics Netherlands on persons listed in the Dutch population register who died in the months August to November inclusive of the survey year. The sample is raised to an annual figure.

This table concerns deaths by medical end-of-life decisions, cause of death and age.

Data available from: 2010, 2015 and 2021

Status of the figures:
All data are definite.

Changes as of 26 May 2023:
- Figures for 2021 have been added.
- In 2021, there were 96 deceased persons with unknown 'medical end-of-life'. These were only added to the total. The underlying numbers therefore do not add up to the total.

When will new figures be published?
The survey takes place every five years. In 2020, the survey was postponed by one year due to the high workload in the healthcare sector on account of COVID-19. As a result, there is a one-off six-year interval between 2015 and 2021.

本调查报告对医疗临终决策进行了分析，内容涵盖主治医师所做出的医疗临终决策。该调查通过从荷兰统计局的死亡证明中随机抽取样本，选取了当年8月至11月间登记于荷兰人口登记册的逝世人员。样本量被扩大至年度统计数据。

本表格涉及因医疗临终决策导致的死亡、死亡原因及年龄分布。

数据可追溯至2010年、2015年和2021年。

数据状态：所有数据均属确定数值。

截至2023年5月26日的变化情况：
- 已添加2021年的数据。
- 在2021年，有96名逝世人员的“医疗临终”状况不明。这些数据仅被纳入总数。因此，基础数据与总数不完全匹配。

何时发布新数据？该调查每五年进行一次。由于2020年医疗保健行业因COVID-19疫情而工作量激增，调查被推迟了一年。因此，2015年至2021年之间出现了六年的间隔。