Table 2

Crude rates of euthanasia and factor scores at the level of regions (PC2), municipalities and districts (PC4)

20132014201520162017
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PC2 T3/B3* 95%/5%† T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5%
Euthanasia.- ratios (%)5.54/1.045.07/1.476.57/1.325.86/1.826.40/1.275.70/1.637.63/1.686.75/2.096.88/2.186.25/2.50
Factor scores5.333.414.993.235.043.494.533.233.152.50
Municipalities T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5%
Euthanasia ratios (%)9.83/0.366.00/0.8010.92/0.506.71/0.959.48/0.476.25/0.9110.55/0.637.29/1.299.88/0.587.79/1.47
Factor scores27.317.5021.847.0620.176.8816.755.6517.035.24
Number of municipalities without euthanasia135457
PC4 T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5% T3/B3 95%/5%
Euthanasia.- ratios (%)
 Ams11.88/1.6510.19/1.8511.14/1.2710.56/1.6412.85/1.7812.26/1.9613.82/1.5413.41/2.1214.43/1.5013.53/2.21
 Rot6.00/0.766.94/0.896.15/0.956.39/1.016.14/0.786.21/0.927.05/1.237.41/1.255.78/1.035.90/1.07
 ThH7.38/0.797.82/0.858.05/1.198.14/1.298.71/1.049.22/1.1110.09/1.5110.45/1.6811.23/2.1712.24/2.50
Factor scores
 Ams7.205.518.776.447.226.268.976.339.626.12
 Rot7.897.806.476.337.876.755.735.935.615.51
 ThH9.349.26.766.318.388.316.686.225.184.90
Number of districts without euthanasia
 Ams41201
 Rot78272
 ThH21531
  • *Euthanasia ratios of the highest three municipalities (T3) divided by the euthanasia scores of the lowest 3 (B3) municipalities.

  • †95% percentile euthanasia ratio divided by the 5% percentile euthanasia ratio.

  • Ams, Amsterdam; PC, postal code region; Rot, Rotterdam; ThH, The Hague.