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Demographics
97.397.397.3
98.397.998.6
105.2102.9107.4
2008
2008
2007
Youth literacy rate (% of people ages 15-24)
Adult literacy rate (% of people ages 15 and above)
Secondary school enrollment (% gross)
Both SexesFemalesMalesEducation
Totle health expenditure (% of GDP) 2007 7.3 Original Source: World Health Organization National Health Account
database (www.who.int/nha/en) supplemented by country data.
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty
line (% of population)
2001 12.8 Original Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are
based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty
Reduction Strategies.
GNI per capita (atlas method, current US$) 2008 5,490 Original Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National
Accounts data files.
Economics
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2007 3.67
Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) 2007 4.68
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 2007 6.40 Original Source: World Health Organization, OECD, supplemented by country
data.
Health Services
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled
estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2005 11 Original Source: Maternal Mortality: Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and
the World Bank.
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live
births)
2008 8.8 Original Source: Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World
Bank, UNPD, universities and research institutions).
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) 2008 10.2 Original Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. 2009. World Population
Prospects: The 2008 Revision. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables), (2) Census reports and other statistical
publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4)
Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (5)
U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
Maternal and Child
Population Pyramid, 2015, Bulgaria
Source: United Nations, Population Division. The World Population Prospects - the
2008 revision. New York, 2009.
Both Sexes 73
Females 77
Males 70
Life expectancy at birth (years)
2008
Rural population (% of total
population), 2008
28.9
Population density (people per sq.
km), 2008
70.2
Both Sexes 7,263
Females 3,763
Males 3,501
Population
Total population (x 1,000), 2015
Source: World Development Indicators
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Behavioural Risk Factors
65.132.118+abstainer (general)1997Patterns of alcohol consumption in Bulgaria
(IBRef: 100465a1)
FemalesMalesSurvey Title Year Definitions Age Group
Country-reported national alcohol abstainer data:
Alcohol
Country-reported national alcohol consumer data:
0.818.218+heavy drinker, pure
alcohol
1997Patterns of alcohol consumption in Bulgaria
(IBRef: 100465a1)
FemalesMalesSurvey Title Year Definitions Age Group
Country-reported youth alcohol consumer data not available
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Behavioural Risk Factors
Country-reported data not available
Unhealthy Diet: Fruit and Vegetable Intake
Country-reported youth data not available
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Behavioural Risk Factors
39.632.746.6
45.238.152.4
Both urban & rural
Both urban & rural
25-64
25-64
daily user,
cigarette
(general/unspec
ified)
current user,
cigarette
(general/unspec
ified)
2007
2007National Behavioural Risk Factor Survey (IBRef:
102851a1)
Both SexesFemalesMalesSurvey Title Year Definitions Age Group Urban/Rural
Country-reported national data:
Tobacco Use
Country-reported national youth data:
42.433Unspecified13-15current user, all
tobacco
(includes
multiple
sources)
2002Bulgaria Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
fact sheet (IBRef: 101618a1)
FemalesMalesSurvey Title Year Definitions Age Group Urban/Rural
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(36.0-40.0)
Unspecified13-15current user, all
tobacco
(includes
multiple
sources)
2002Bulgaria Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
fact sheet (IBRef: 101618a1)
Both SexesSurvey Title Year Definitions Age Group Urban/Rural
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Metabolic Risk Factors
6.25.6
5.75.8
5.15.8
4.85.2
6.86.1
6.26.0
5.45.9
5.25.4
23.127.5
47.624.1
33.530.5
8.630
10.815.5
90.374
8675.5
70.478
46.780.5
Unspecified
Unspecified
Unspecified
Unspecified
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban
Unspecified
Unspecified
Unspecified
Unspecified
Unspecified
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban
55-64
45-54
35-44
25-34
55-64
45-54
35-44
25-34
25-64
55-64
45-54
35-44
25-34
55-64
45-54
35-44
25-34
Mean, mmol/l
total cholesterol
Mean, mmol/l
total cholesterol
1996
1996
1996
Risk factors and health of the population aged 25
-64 years in the demonstration area Lovech of
the Programme CINDI-Bulgaria (IBRef:
101311a1)
Risk factors and health of the population aged 25
-64 years in the demonstration area Veliko
Tournovo of the Programme CINDI-Bulgaria
(IBRef: 101690a1)
Risk factors and health of the population aged 25
-64 years in the demonstration area Lovech of
the Programme CINDI-Bulgaria (IBRef:
101311a1)
FemalesMalesSurvey Title Year Definitions Age Group Urban/Rural
Country-reported sub-national (single city/ town/ school/ hospital/ village/ worksite, Lovech) data:
Raised Cholesterol
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Metabolic Risk Factors
25.5725.94
51.453
19.213.4
20+
20+
20+
mean BMI (kg/m²)2004
2004
2004Scientific background of Food-Based dietary
Guidelines for Bulgarians (IBRef: 102988a1)
FemalesMalesSurvey Title Year Definitions Age Group
Country-reported national data:
Overweight/Obesity
Country-reported youth data not available
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Mortalities
49.93,89222.891478.72,978
23.01,79615.260931.31,187
278.721,723282.811,338274.310,385
339.826,488286.611,492396.114,996
63.74,96365.92,64361.32,320
2.41852.81112.074
1,009.278,663975.639,1131,044.739,550
25.82,01028.41,13723.1873
6.65135.72307.5283
4.53533.01216.1232
10.783422.0834
16.31,27031.41,257
42.03,27114.256871.42,703
30.42,37125.41,01735.81,354
21.31,65816.164426.81,014
216.016,835171.86,890262.79,946
1,343.4104,7131,240.149,7161,452.854,997
34.82,71426.61,06543.61,650
1,428.1111,3201,289.451,6951,575.059,625
III. Injuries
H. Respiratory diseases
Cerebrovascular disease
Ischaemic heart disease
Hypertensive heart disease
Rheumatic heart disease
G. Cardiovascular diseases
C. Diabetes (mellitus)
Leukaemia
Lymphomas, multiple myeloma
Prostate cancer
Breast cancer
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
Colon and rectum cancers
Stomach cancer
A. Malignant neoplasms
II. Noncommunicable diseases
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions
All Causes
RateNumberRateNumberRateNumber
Both SexesFemalesMalesDeath Number & Crude Death Rate Estimates, 2004
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