Open AccessMetabolic syndrome and other comorbidities in the structure of COVID-19 mortality in the Republic of Moldova (March-December 2020)
Author(s) -
Mereuţă Ion,
Vasile Fedas,
Anastasia Tomsa,
Anghela Cebotari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
buletinul academiei de ştiinţe a moldovei: ştiinţe medicale
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1857-0011
DOI - 10.52692/1857-0011.2021.2-70.05
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , covid-19 , comorbidity , medicine , disease , endocrinology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Metabolic syndrome and other co-morbidities in the structure of COVID-19 mortality in the Republic of Moldova (March-December 2020) The mortality of the population of the Republic of Moldova through COVID-19 in March-December 2020 made up 2846 (100%) people confirmed with SARS CoV-2 (women –1362/2846 (47,8%), men — 1484/2846 (52,2%). In the urban sector it is 1649/2846 (58,0%), including Chisinau — 1034/2846 (36,3%), Balti — 158/2846 (5,6%), in the rural sector — 1197/2846 (42%). Mortality in the age groups constituted for the age group of 30-70 years (men — 862/2846 (30,3%), women — 805/2846 (28,2%). The share of comorbidity was 1905/2846 (66,9%), the structure of the main diseases being: diseases of the cardiovascular system – 966/1905 (33,9%); diabetes mellitus – 523/1905 (27,5%); malignant tumors – 91/1905 (4,8%). In the age groups — 30-70 years: diseases of the circulatory system – 485/1905 (25.4%), diabetes – 335/1905 (17.6%), cancer – 62/1905 (3.3%).