The total number (8720 in 2022) is indeed increasing. But the number due to psychiatric disorders was 115, and the number of people under 30 was only 28. To me it seems like the case reported here was a (tragic) outlier. The vast majority was elderly people with terminal diseases, as you'd expect.
I expected this sentence to be followed by some statistics, but the article didn't give any. The review committee does publish yearly reports: https://www.euthanasiecommissie.nl/de-toetsingscommissies/ui...
The total number (8720 in 2022) is indeed increasing. But the number due to psychiatric disorders was 115, and the number of people under 30 was only 28. To me it seems like the case reported here was a (tragic) outlier. The vast majority was elderly people with terminal diseases, as you'd expect.