Table 3.
Category 3: Primary Medical Diagnosis and Patient Suffering Associated With the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Request
| Medical Diagnoses | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Cancer | 64 (64.0%) |
| Lung | 10 (10.0%) |
| Breast | 7 (7.0%) |
| Colorectal | 7 (7.0%) |
| Pancreatic | 6 (6.0%) |
| Prostate | 6 (6.0%) |
| Brain | 6 (6.0%) |
| Ovarian | 5 (5.0%) |
| Upper gastrointestinal (GI)* | 4 (4.0%) |
| Other† | 13 (13.0%) |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | 10 (10.0%) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 5 (5.0%) |
| Parkinson disease | 4 (4.0%) |
| Other‡ | 17 (17.0%) |
| Physical Suffering§ | N (%) |
| Yes | 98 (99.0%) |
| No | 1 (1.0%) |
| Psychological Suffering¶ | N (%) |
| Yes | 72 (73.5%) |
| No | 26 (26.5%) |
*
Upper gastrointestinal cancers included cancer of the esophagus, stomach, and gastroesophageal junction.
†
Other cancers had ≤3 cases. These included various cancers of the bladder, tonsils, kidney, liver, bile duct, skin, larynx, endometrium, plasma cells, and glandular structures in epithelial tissue.
‡
Other medical diagnoses had ≤3 cases.
§
Physical suffering calculated with N=99.
¶
Psychological suffering calculated with N=98.