| Exit Deutsche Schweiz deaths (n = 147) % (n) | Dignitas deaths (n = 274) % (n) | Total deaths (n = 421) % (n) | p Value* | |
| Sex | ||||
| women | 64.6 (95) | 64.2 (176) | 64.4 (271) | 0.940 |
| men | 35.4 (52) | 35.8 (98) | 35.6 (150) | |
| missing | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | |
| Age | ||||
| ⩽44 | 1.4 (2) | 9.9 (27) | 6.9 (29) | 0.000† |
| 45–64 | 17.0 (25) | 42.0 (115) | 33.3 (140) | |
| 65–84 | 46.9 (69) | 42.3 (116) | 43.9 (185) | |
| ⩾85 | 34.7 (51) | 5.8 (16) | 15.9 (67) | |
| missing | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| single | 12.9 (19) | 18.6 (51) | 16.6 (70) | 0.000 |
| married | 29.3 (43) | 40.9 (112) | 36.8 (155) | |
| widowed | 43.5 (64) | 22.3 (61) | 29.7 (125) | |
| divorced | 13.6 (20) | 16.8 (46) | 15.7 (66) | |
| missing | 0.7 (1) | 1.5 (4) | 1.2 (5) | |
| Origin | ||||
| Swiss resident | 96.6 (142) | 8.8 (24) | 39.4 (166) | 0.000 |
| non-resident in Switzerland | 3.4 (5) | 91.2 (250) | 60.6 (255) | |
| missing | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | |
| Origin (countries and cantons) | – | |||
| Foreign | ||||
| Austria | – | 2.6 (7) | 1.6 (7) | |
| France | – | 6.9 (19) | 11.6 (19) | |
| Germany | 2.7 (4) | 64.6 (177) | 43.0 (181) | |
| Great Britain | – | 8.4 (23) | 5.5 (23) | |
| Israel | – | 2.2 (6) | 1.4 (6) | |
| United States of America | – | 2.2 (6) | 1.4 (6) | |
| other countries | 0.7 (1) | 4.4 (12) | 3.1 (13) | |
| Switzerland | ||||
| Zurich | 87.8 (129) | 6.6 (18) | 34.9 (147) | |
| other cantons | 8.8 (13) | 2.2 (6) | 4.5 (19) | |
| Diagnosis | ||||
| malignancy | 41.5 (61) | 36.5 (100) | 38.2 (161) | 0.001‡ |
| cardiovascular/respiratory disease | 12.9 (19) | 10.9 (30) | 11.6 (49) | |
| HIV/AIDS | 0.7 (1) | 0.4 (1) | 0.5 (2) | |
| neurological disease | 12.2 (18) | 31.0 (85) | 24.5 (103) | |
| rheumatoid diseases/pain syndromes | 12.9 (19) | 7.3 (20) | 9.3 (39) | |
| mental disorder | 2.0 (3) | 3.3 (9) | 2.9 (12) | |
| other | 17.0 (25) | 10.6 (29) | 12.8 (54) | |
| missing | 0.7 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 0.2 (1) | |
| Type of diagnosis | ||||
| non-fatal illness | 32.0 (47) | 21.2 (58) | 24.9 (105) | 0.013 |
| fatal illness | 67.3 (99) | 78.8 (216) | 74.8 (315) | |
| missing | 0.8 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 0.2 (1) |
*χ2 test; test without category “missing”. †Test for two categories (⩽64 years, >65 years). ‡Test without categories “HIV/AIDS”, “mental disorder” and “missing”.