Health in Romania

[1] Deaths from external causes and from infectious and parasitic diseases are more common in Romania (4–5%) than in other EU member states.

[2] It is estimated that a fifth of the total population of Romania suffers from a communicable or chronic disease.

[4] Some statistics show that 30,000 people have been infected with tuberculosis, making it the third-highest rate among countries in Eastern Europe.

[5] Approximately 3.7% of the total population of Romania is either a carrier or affected by hepatitis.

[9] Romania had the fifth-highest mortality in Europe, at 691 per 100,000 population, and the fourth-highest death rate from communicable diseases in 2015.