Sample characteristics
| 2013 n (%) | 2014 n (%) | 2015 n (%) | 2016 n (%) | 2017 n (%) | Total n (%) | ||
| Claims data | Incidence of euthanasia (compared reference data) | 4106 (96) | 4743 (101.4) | 4953 (104.7) | 5717 (110.6) | 6460 (114.6) | 25 979 (106) |
| Incidence of death | 139 794 | 137 823 | 145 501 | 147 240 | 149 310 | 719 668 | |
| Euthanasia ratio (GP) (%) | 2.94 | 3.44 | 3.40 | 3.88 | 4.33 | 3.61 | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 2163 (53) | 2386 (50.3) | 2601 (52.5) | 2927 (51.2) | 3308 (51.2) | 13 385 (51.5) | |
| Female | 1943 (47) | 2357 (49.7) | 2352 (47.5) | 2790 (48.8) | 3152 (48.8) | 12 594 (48.5) | |
| Age | |||||||
| Mean | 71.3 | 71.8 | 71.9 | 72.8 | 73.2 | 72.2 | |
| SD | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 12.7 | |
| Minimum–maximum | 19–104 | 24–104 | 16–103 | 17–107 | 16–105 | 16–107 | |
| Reference data | Incidence of euthanasia (RTE reports) | ||||||
| GP | 4281 | 4678 | 4730 | 5167 | 5636 | 24 501 | |
| Other | 548 | 628 | 786 | 924 | 949 | 3835 | |
| Total | 4829 | 5306 | 5516 | 6091 | 6585 | 28 336 | |
| Incidence of death (Statistics Netherlands) | 141 245 | 139 223 | 147 134 | 148 997 | 150 214 | 726 813 | |
| Euthanasia ratio (GP) (%) | 3.03 | 3.36 | 3.21 | 3.47 | 3.75 | 3.37 | |
| Euthanasia ratio (total) (%) | 3.42 | 3.81 | 3.75 | 4.09 | 4.38 | 3.90 |
GP, general practitioner; RTE, Regional Euthanasia Review Committee.