The category of 鈥渙ther conditions鈥 includes a range of conditions, with frailty commonly cited. Providers were able to select more than one medical condition when reporting; therefore, the total exceeds 100%.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada 2022, page 24, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Medical conditions associated with medically assisted deaths in Canada 2022
According to the data, cancer-related health conditions were the leading medical cause for seeking medically assisted death, accounting for about ** percent of medically assisted deaths in 2022. This statistic presents the percentage of medically assisted deaths attributed to select medical conditions in Canada in 2022.
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