About a year ago, I covered the very sudden rise of euthanasia in Canada. As of 2022, the most recent year we have data available, euthanasia is now the fifth-leading cause of death in Canada, accounting for one out of every 25 fatalities. That’s ahead of common conditions like liver disease, influenza, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s.
The number of so-called “assisted deaths” rose by more than 30% year-over-year, although precise metrics are getting hard to track. That’s because, going forward, Canada says euthanasia deaths won’t be recorded as deaths caused by euthanasia. Instead, whatever reason the patient provides for seeking euthanasia will be recorded as the cause of death. So if you have a doctor kill you because you have arthritis, in Canada, that’s now classified as a death due to arthritis.
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