Right to-die new law: 111 terminally ill people end their lives

California health officials said 111 terminally ill people have legally ended their lives since the state's right-to-die law took effect in 2016. 

The data was part of the first report by the California Department of Health since the End of Life Option Act became effective on June 9, 2016. According to the report, between June 9 and Dec. 31, 2016, 191 people who had six months or fewer to live, received life-ending prescriptions. According to the report, only 111 of them took the pills by the end of the reporting period in December.  

The report found that of the 111 who died, 58.6% had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and 18% suffered from neuromuscular disorders like ALS and Parkinsons's.

A little over 75% of the 111 people, were 60-89 years of age, and 89.5% were white. The majority of the people involved had at least some college education. 

Oregon, became the first to adopt similar legislation in 1997, and U.S. doctor-assisted deaths are currently legal in Colorado, Montana, Vermont, Washington and Washington, D.C., according to AP.