Table 2:

Expected number of cases of medical assistance in dying and associated health care spending in the final week and month of life among men and women with and without cancer^*

Age, yr	Expected death within 1 wk				Expected death within 1 mo
	Men		Women		Men		Women
	No.	Mean cost, $	No.	Mean cost, $	No.	Mean cost, $	No.	Mean cost, $
With cancer (n = 4289)
18–59	283	7430	232	6897	425	19 958	347	19 115
60–79	472	6880	386	6420	708	17 996	579	17 608
≥ 80	188	5725	154	4980	283	14 846	232	13 236
Without cancer (n = 1072)
18–59	71	7090	58	8293	106	14 673	87	18 063
60–79	118	7144	97	7080	177	16 470	145	16 450
≥ 80	47	5264	39	4065	71	12 861	58	10 253

^*Numbers were derived with the assumption that medical assistance in dying would account for 2% of total deaths in Canada (n = 268 056 from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015) and that 80% of patients would have cancer. The sum of numbers in each subgroup may be greater than the total because of rounding.