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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Apr;73(4):362–368. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2887

Table 3.

Characteristics of 66 patients who received euthanasia or assisted death for psychiatric disorders.

Characteristic N %
Women 46 70
Age1
30–40 9 14
40–50 7 11
50–60 11 17
60–70 18 27
70–80 15 23
80–90 6 9.1
Personality disorder or difficulties prominent 34 52
History of suicide attempt(s) 34 52
History of psychiatric admissions 53 80
Functional status: patients with some degree of dependence2 30 46
Institutionalized (specifically mentioned) 16 24
Social isolation or loneliness explicitly mentioned 37 56
1

The reports use a non-overlapping convention, e.g., 30–39, 40–49, etc. in 2011 cases but thereafter changed their convention to one shown; the 2011 cases have been converted to the later format.

2

Report mentions bed or wheelchair bound, needing daily home or institutional assistance, difficulty ambulating, poor vision impairing independence, etc.