Oregon sees slight decrease in physician-assisted deaths in 2024 despite rise in prescriptions

Oregon sees slight decrease in physician-assisted deaths in 2024 despite rise in prescriptions

Prescriptions for life-ending medications under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act increased 8.2% between 2023 and 2024, rising from 561 to 607, according to the latest data from the Oregon Health Authority.

3,243 People Have Killed Themselves Under Oregon Assisted Suicide Law

The number of assisted suicides remains high in Oregon and the complication rate for assisted suicide is unknown for more than two out of every three cases in 2024, according to data released by the Oregon Health Authority. The latest annual assisted suicide report ‘2024 Oregon Death with Dignity Act Data Summary’, released last week, has revealed 3,243 people ended their lives by assisted suicide in Oregon since 1998. The report states there we…

Oregon 2024 assisted suicide statistics: Numbers remain high and complication rate unknown in two-thirds of cases

The number of assisted suicides remains high in Oregon and the complication rate for assisted suicide is unknown for more than two out of every three cases in 2024, according to data released by the Oregon Health Authority. The latest annual assisted suicide report ‘2024 Oregon Death with Dignity Act Data Summary’, released last week, has revealed 3,243 people ended their lives by assisted suicide in Oregon since 1998. The report states there we…

Number of people ending their lives under Death With Dignity Act declines - Salem Reporter

The number of people who ended their lives using Oregon’s first in the nation Death With Dignity Act declined slightly in 2024, according to a new report by the Oregon Health Authority. An OHA official attributed the drop-off from 386 to 376 deaths to a 2023 statutory change that allowed people from other states to seek end-of-life prescriptions for the first time.  “What we’re seeing is, perhaps, a cooling of the heightened interest and partici…

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