Data Center
Data on the presence of an aid-in-dying clinician on the aid-in-dying day (MD, PA, NP, nurse, social worker, hospice chaplain, trained volunteer, aid-in-dying experienced end-of-life doula).
State | Attendance | Notes | Source |
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Oregon | 83% Clinician attended 17% No clinician present | State Health Department Reports | |
Washington | >72% | 15% of Washington cases have absent data on attendance, some are assumed to have been attended, thus “>” in the 72% attended | End of Life Washington and State Health Department Reports |
California | 41% attended 8% not attended 51% not reported | Assuming that at least some of the “not reported” were attended, the percentage attended is likely to be >50% | Department of Public Health Report |
New Mexico | 97% of deaths reported to End of Life Options New Mexico were attended by the prescribing physician. | New Mexico’s Department of Health does not collect data about aid-in-dying death attendance. | |
Academy data | 90% clinician attended 10% not attended | Multiple states, >400 reports. 66% attended by MD, RN, NP, PA, hospice chaplain. 24% attended by trained volunteer or end-of-life doula. | Death Reports |
District of Columbia | n/a | DC Health does not collect data on attended deaths. | |
Colorado | n/a | Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment does not collect any data about attended deaths, nor does any organization in the state. | |
Vermont | n/a | Vermont’s Department of Public Health does not collect any data about attended deaths, nor does any organization in the state. | |
Montana | n/a | Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services does not collect data on medical aid in dying. | |
New Jersey | n/a | New Jersey’s Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner provides an annual aid-in-dying report. It does not include information about attended or unattended deaths. | |
Maine | n/a | Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services does not collect data about attended deaths, nor does any organization in the state. Anecdotal reports from leading Maine aid-in-dying clinicians estimates that 2/3 of deaths are attended. | |
Hawaii | n/a | Hawaii’s State Department of Health does not collect data about attended deaths. A leading Hawaii aid-in-dying clinician states: “To the best of knowledge virtually every death in Hawaii in the last two years has been attended by Hospice personnel — either nurse or MD.” |