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Table 2.8 - Mental and behavioural disorders; dementia 2015
Mental and
behavioural
Country disorders Dementia
Romania 2 0
Netherlands 83 76
European Union 43 38

Source: Eurostat, unit: standardised death rate per 100,000 inhabitants

An explanation for the low reported mortality of these two disease groups is that they receive

more attention in more developed Western European countries. The previously mentioned

high cardiovascular mortality could explain the lower incidence of these disease groups. A

patient with dementia is more likely to die from a cardiovascular disease than from dementia.

Patients can suffer from two or more diseases, statistically they die from one. The diseases in

the Romanian population are discussed in the next paragraph.

2.6 Common diseases

The previous paragraphs explained the causes of death. This paragraph presents for which

diseases Romanians visit their doctor or stay in the hospital.

Figure 2.3 - New cases of illness, by largest disease class in 2016

Skin and
subcutaneous
tissue Other diseases
5% 15%
Respiratory
Cardiovascular system
system 38%
6%
Genitourinary
system
7%
Digestive
Nervous
Musculoskeletal system system
system 9% 11%
9%

Source: National Institute of Statistics

The table above summarises the diseases that Romanians visit their general practitioner (GP)

for. The data represent every new case a GP treats in his practice. Diseases of the respiratory

system are by far the most common, followed by digestive system illnesses.

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