Deaths caused by blood diseases in Spain 2006-2021
In 2021, Spain registered 2,040 annual deaths resulting from blood and hematopoietic organ diseases, the highest value recorded since the beginning of the period analyzed. Compared to 2006, the number of deaths caused by blood diseases grew by almost 79 percent in the European country. As of 2021, myelodysplastic syndrome, a condition in which the bone marrow fails to generate healthy blood cells,