According to the data, cancer-related health conditions were the leading medical cause for seeking medically assisted death, accounting for about 63 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.
Percentage of medically assisted deaths that were attributable to select medical conditions in Canada in 2022
The category of “other conditions” 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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