More than 100 Victorians have died using the state’s voluntary assisted dying laws in the first six months of 2021, according to the latest report on how the laws are performing.

It shows there were 101 deaths through the the system between January and June 2021, including nine in which the medication was administered by a doctor.

This works out to around 16 terminally ill patients opting of the end-of-life scheme a month.

Victoria had 192 permits issued for terminally ill people to access lethal medication and 132 doses were administered, revealed the fifth report from the independent Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board.