Table 1.

Frequency of euthanasia and other end-of-life practices in the Netherlands, in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2005

	1990	1995	2001	2005
Number of studied cases	5197	5146	5617	9965
Number of questionnaires	4900	4604	5189	5342
	%	%	%	%
Euthanasia	1.7	2.4	2.6	1.7
Assisted suicide	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Ending of life without explicit patient request	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.4
Intensified alleviation of symptoms	19	19	20	25
Forgoing of life-prolonging treatment	18	20	20	16