The number of euthanasia requests granted in the Netherlands rose by 13.7 percent last year. The Regional Euthanasia Testing Committees (RTE), which assesses whether doctors comply with all the statutory due care requirements, received a total of 8,720 reports of euthanasia. That means 5.1 percent of people who died in the Netherlands last year had chosen the moment themselves and received medical help for their death. A year earlier, that was 4.6 percent.