Toronto-Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are reported to be the most common medical illnesses associated with all COVID-19 deaths reported in 2020 New report from Statistics Canada.

The report released on Friday said: “It is reported that of all COVID-19 deaths in 2020, dementia or Alzheimer’s will account for 36% of COVID-19 death certificates,” but the frequency of reporting varies from person to person.

Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease is the most common comorbidity in women, reportedly accounting for 41% of records. For men, it is the second most common comorbidity, accounting for 31%. Statistics Canada stated that the difference between men and women can be explained by the “age and gender characteristics” of Canadians who died of COVID-19 in 2020-63% of women who died of the virus were over 85 years old, while 47% Men who died of COVID-19 were over 85 years old.

According to data from the Public Health Agency of Canada, approximately one-quarter of Canadians over the age of 85 suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

By 2020, nearly 90% of people who die of COVID-19 will have at least another comorbidity. StatCan reported that between March 2020 and December 2020, nearly 15,300 people died from the virus, and 89% of them suffered from one or more diseases or complications.

The report stated that 65 percent of comorbidities have two or more than two, and 46 percent of comorbidities have three or more.

“These results, as well as the specific conditions listed on the death certificate, highlight certain groups of people in Canada who are most vulnerable to the severe consequences of COVID-19. Although individuals already have the disease, it does not mean that if they are not infected with COVID-19, they There is a danger of death,” the report said.

The other most common comorbidities reported on the COVID-19 death certificate include pre-existing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, of which high blood pressure accounts for 15%, heart disease accounts for 14%, and chronic lower respiratory diseases account for 11%.

Reports of pneumonia and respiratory failure are also common, but the report states that these “may be the result of COVID-19, not the root cause of the individual’s severe COVID-19 outcome.”

StatCan reports that since 95% of Canadians who died of COVID-19 in 2020 are over 65 years of age, the comorbidities reported on the death certificate are “largely driven by age,” but added, “most COVID-There are 19 deaths regardless of age.”

The three common comorbidities reported in the COVID-19 death certificate of the young cohort are diabetes, neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, and obesity.

The report pointed out that the emergence of COVID-19 variants of concern is disproportionately affecting young people, and the ongoing vaccine promotion in Canada may lead to “further changes in the dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic.”