Adapted from Statistics Canada, Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada 2022, page 36, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Distribution of medically assisted deaths in Canada in 2022, by age
In 2022, around medically assisted deaths were performed among those aged 65 to 70 years in which natural death was reasonably foreseeable. This statistic presents the number of medically assisted deaths in Canada in 2022, by age.
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