Table 5.

Death frequency by comorbidity for study group and Romanian population.

Most severe comorbidity	Study sample		Romanian population
	Frequency	%	Deaths ('000)	%
Coronary heart disease	171	21.0%	81.3	31.7%
Hypertension	92	11.3%	8.9	3.5%
Chronic renal disease	88	10.8%	6.4	2.5%
Cancer	77	9.5%	47.2	18.4%
Stroke	64	7.9%	43.1	16.8%
Chronic pulmonary disease	63	7.7%	7.6	3.0%
Diabetes	55	6.8%	2.7	1.1%
Chronic liver disease	44	5.4%	8.8	3.4%
No comorbidities*	21	2.6%	9.8	3.8%
Other comorbidities	139	17.1%	41.0	16.0%
Total**	814	100.0%	256.8	100.0%

^*This included injuries and substance abuse.

^**500 neonatal and maternal deaths were excluded from the data set for the Romanian population, as they were not relevant for this study.

Source of Romanian Population Deaths: WHO Member States 2016 (47).