CBS StatLine - Deaths by medical end-of-life decision; age, cause of death

Deaths by medical end-of-life decision; age, cause of death

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Changed on July 11 2012. Frequency: five-yearly.

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		Subjects	Total deaths	Without end-of-life decision			With end-of-life decision
				Total without end-of-life decision	Sudden and unexpected death	Not sudden and unexpected death	Total with end-of-life decision	Withhold.medic.treatm.possible hasteni..	Intensifying measures, possible hasten..	Intensifying measures, partly intendin..	Withholding medic.treatm.hastening death	Explicit intention of hastening death
				Total without end-of-life decision	Sudden and unexpected death	Not sudden and unexpected death	Total with end-of-life decision	Withhold.medic.treatm.possible hasteni..	Intensifying measures, possible hasten..	Intensifying measures, partly intendin..	Withholding medic.treatm.hastening death	Total explicit intention of hastening ..	Euthanasia	Assisted suicide	Ending of life without explicit request
Periods	Cause of death	Age	number
2010	Total causes of death	Total age	136 058	57 331	27 234	30 096	78 727	10 713	47 957	1 606	14 092	4 360	3 859	192	310
		0 years	695	259	139	120	436	89	106	3	228	9	-	-	9
		1 to 17 years	363	214	155	58	149	24	89	8	29	-	-	-	-
		17 to 65 years	24 066	12 046	7 472	4 573	12 020	1 000	7 061	399	2 092	1 468	1 324	91	52
		65 to 80 years	41 731	17 959	8 893	9 066	23 772	2 841	14 149	588	4 423	1 771	1 585	64	122
		80 years or older	69 203	26 853	10 575	16 279	42 350	6 758	26 552	608	7 319	1 112	950	36	127
	Congenital anomalies (age zero)	Total age	202	82	40	42	121	30	49	-	37	5	-	-	5
		0 years	202	82	40	42	121	30	49	-	37	5	-	-	5
		1 to 17 years
		17 to 65 years
		65 to 80 years
		80 years or older
	Other/unknown causes of death (age zero)	Total age	493	177	99	78	315	59	57	3	191	5	-	-	5
		0 years	493	177	99	78	315	59	57	3	191	5	-	-	5
		1 to 17 years
		17 to 65 years
		65 to 80 years
		80 years or older
	Malignant neoplasms (>0 years)	Total age	42 346	13 414	1 923	11 491	28 931	2 229	19 346	861	3 174	3 321	3 119	100	102
		0 years
		1 to 17 years	61	7	0	7	54	3	47	-	5	-	-	-	-
		17 to 65 years	12 102	3 485	564	2 921	8 616	606	5 568	360	826	1 257	1 183	61	12
		65 to 80 years	17 651	5 901	911	4 991	11 749	785	8 145	245	1 237	1 337	1 262	14	61
		80 years or older	12 532	4 020	448	3 572	8 512	835	5 587	255	1 107	728	674	24	30
	Diseases circulatory syst.excl.CVA (>0..	Total age	30 158	18 332	12 105	6 227	11 827	2 264	6 197	277	2 935	153	146	7	-
		0 years
		1 to 17 years	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		17 to 65 years	3 564	2 881	2 299	583	682	65	280	-	330	7	7	-	-
		65 to 80 years	8 825	6 040	4 425	1 615	2 785	573	1 004	85	1 018	105	105	-	-
		80 years or older	17 759	9 400	5 370	4 030	8 359	1 626	4 914	192	1 587	41	34	7	-
	Diseases respiratory system (>0 years)	Total age	13 012	5 045	1 845	3 200	7 967	1 076	4 837	87	1 734	232	150	49	34
		0 years
		1 to 17 years	17	12	4	8	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
		17 to 65 years	1 006	383	300	83	622	150	235	-	215	22	12	10	-
		65 to 80 years	4 094	1 503	630	872	2 591	177	1 725	87	491	110	71	39	-
		80 years or older	7 895	3 147	910	2 237	4 749	748	2 872	-	1 028	100	67	-	34
	Diseases nervous syst.incl.CVA (>0 yrs)	Total age	13 504	4 600	2 048	2 552	8 904	1 871	4 924	79	1 791	239	214	25	-
		0 years
		1 to 17 years	28	18	6	12	10	3	2	-	5	-	-	-	-
		17 to 65 years	1 774	747	441	305	1 027	64	386	39	423	115	95	20	-
		65 to 80 years	3 799	1 411	600	810	2 389	646	1 166	41	458	77	77	-	-
		80 years or older	7 902	2 425	1 000	1 424	5 478	1 157	3 369	-	905	46	41	5	-
	Suicide (>0 years)	Total age	1 600	1 553	1 455	98	47	10	24	-	13	-	-	-	-
		0 years
		1 to 17 years	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		17 to 65 years	1 301	1 257	1 196	61	44	10	20	-	13	-	-	-	-
		65 to 80 years	206	206	181	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		80 years or older	82	78	67	11	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Other/unknown causes of death (>0 years)	Total age	34 744	14 128	7 720	6 408	20 616	3 175	12 523	297	4 215	406	229	11	165
		0 years
		1 to 17 years	233	152	122	31	81	18	35	8	20	-	-	-	-
		17 to 65 years	4 320	3 292	2 672	620	1 028	105	572	-	284	67	27	-	40
		65 to 80 years	7 157	2 899	2 146	753	4 258	660	2 108	130	1 219	141	69	11	61
		80 years or older	23 033	7 785	2 780	5 005	15 249	2 392	9 807	160	2 692	197	134	-	63
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