Slovaks die most often for heart failure, according to NCZI

Bratislava, July 24 (TASR) – Slovak patients most often die from heart failure, pulmonary inflammation, respiratory failure and cerebral infarction. He informs the National Center for Health Information (NCNI)

Among the most common causes of hospitalizations in 2017, the NCZI reports diseases of the circulatory system, diseases of the digestive system and cancers [19659003] The number of patients in institutions is decreasing compared to last year. "We have been following for a long time the decrease in the average treatment time of hospitals, with a decrease of the average treatment time from 6.6 to 6.5 compared to the previous year, but a decrease of 1, 2 days out of the last ten years " NCZI Boris Chmel.

During the past year, 1,204,737 hospitalizations were terminated (528,593 men and 676,144 women), compared to 8,708 compared to 2016. "The distinct predominance of women is linked to need constitutional health care for a woman during pregnancy, childbirth and the maid of honor ", NCZI states.

"The highest number of hospitalizations per 1,000 population in the region was recorded in Prešov (236.8), Žilinský (229.1) and Banskobystrický kraj (228.1), at least in the regions of Bratislava and Trnava (202, 7), " closes hops