Activities of EXIT Deutsche Schweiz
Switzerland
From 1 December 2004 to 31 December 2005 (13 months) EXIT Deutsche Schweiz had to deal with 268 demands for assisted suicide. Of these 162 were finally assisted: 86 women and 76 men. The average age of these persons was 76 years.
In every case these assisted suicides were controlled in the usual way by the public prosecutor’s office. The procedures were confirmed as correct by the authorities.
