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Table 2.9 - New cases of illness, by all disease classes in 2016
Disease no. cases
Respiratory system 5,535,843
Digestive system 1,694,876
Nervous system 1,326,752
Musculoskeletal system 1,278,468
Genitourinary system 976,746
Cardiovascular system 861,540

Skin and subcutaneous tissue 796,988

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic system 558,456

Infectious and parasitic diseases 531,803

Injury, poisoning, external causes 289,198

Mental disorders 233,962

Clinical and laboratory findings 232,617
Diseases of the blood 178,732

Neoplasm 98,856
Pregnancy, childbirth 29,629
Related to the perinatal period 10,720

Congenital malformations 4,025
Total 14,639,211

Source: National Institute of Statistics

The pie chart and table above illustrate that the diseases Romanians visit their GP for are

different from the fatal ones. The majority of GP visits are for diseases of the respiratory

system (38%) and diseases of the digestive system (11%). Cardiovascular diseases - the major

causes of death – account for 6% of GP visits. Cancer – the second cause of death – is subject

of only 1% of GP visits.

Another source of information about diseases in Romania are hospitals. In figure 2.4 and table

2.10, are data regarding the number of patients that are dismissed from hospital after a

minimum stay of one night (non-ambulatory patients). These data give another image when

compared to the GP data. Patients are treated for problems with the cardiovascular system

(14%), respiratory system (12%), digestive system (10%) and neoplasms (10%) in hospitals.

Cardiovascular diseases are the main causes of death and also the most treated in hospital.

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