The number of euthanasias has increased approximately fivefold since the late 1990s.
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In 2025, the regional control commissions for euthanasia (RTE) registered a total of 10,341 cases, more than six percent of all deaths in the country. This was 3.8 percent more than the 9,958 cases recorded in the previous year. At the end of the 1990s, before euthanasia was regulated by law, but under certain conditions, about 2,000 cases were reported annually.Since then, the total number has increased approximately fivefold.The contribution M…