Most Common Causes of Death
The most common cause of death are cardiovascular diseases. Cancer is the second leading cause of death. It is estimated that a fifth of the total population of Romania suffers from a communicable or chronic disease.
There were 17,283 people with tuberculosis in 2008. The mortality rate is 31,8 people per 1000 infected citizens. At the moment, some statistics show that 30,000 people have been infected with the TB virus, making in the third largest country in North-Eastern Europe when it comes to infections with TB.
Approximately 3.7% of the total population of Romania is either a carrier or affected by hepatitis.
Less than 1% of the total population of Romania is a carrier or infected with HIV. The most common cause of getting HIV is sharing needles. Another cause was the HIV-infected blood in the 1980s, when blood donors were not being screened.
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