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Question 227. Do you think a person has the right to end his or her own life if this person: a. Has an incurable disease?
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 49 | 897 | 6 | 578 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 49 | 895 | - | 588 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 82 | 1014 | 10 | 754 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 61 | 770 | 8 | 760 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 52 | 805 | 2 | 675 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 47 | 662 | 3 | 758 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 37 | 454 | 5 | 492 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 47 | 488 | 2 | 469 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 54 | 354 | 1 | 519 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 35 | 408 | 2 | 579 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 50 | 416 | 3 | 611 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 95 | 663 | 8 | 1211 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 97 | 662 | 4 | 1197 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 91 | 644 | 4 | 1132 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 101 | 745 | 6 | 1025 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 19 | 364 | 1 | 524 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 26 | 340 | 5 | 535 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 62 | 754 | 7 | 1169 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | 43 | 509 | 5 | 772 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 46 | 543 | 7 | 834 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 41 | 515 | 4 | 742 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 39 | 649 | 4 | 983 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 44 | 630 | 16 | 1198 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 49 | 521 | 13 | 976 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2552 | 260 | 325 | 4 | 887 | 4 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2373 | 34 | 324 | 6 | 803 | 4 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1754 | 69 | 538 | 5 | 932 | 11 | 3309 |
| Total | 36268 | 1679 | 15889 | 141 | 21703 | 19 | 75699 |