Bulgaria – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Bulgaria
BULGARIA – A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 7,640,238
Female percentage of population (2007):51.55%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 13.4% |
| Ages 15-24 | 13.3% |
| Ages 25-49 | 35.6% |
| Ages 50-64 | 20.4% |
| Ages 65-79 | 13.8% |
| Age 80 and older | 2.8% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004) :
- Female: 13.24%
- Male: 14.81%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 19.40%
- Male: 14.71%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 76.3 years female
- 69.2 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2006): 236.26
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births(2005): 11
Percentage using contraception (1997): 41.5%
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 57.6%
- Male: 66.0%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: no data
- 1997: no data
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 7.3%
- Male: 6.5%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female: 1697
- Male: 2198.6
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 77.4%
Marriage rate (2007): 3.87 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 2.10 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (1997):
- – Female: 340
- – Male: 1993
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 128.6
- – Male: 225.5
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000(2004):
- – Incidence: 26.89
- – Death: 7.45
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 85.41
- – Death: 20.77
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (1997):
- – Stomach: 55
- – Colorectal: 249
- – Lung: 380
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 31.3
- Male: 49.6
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 11.5
- Male: 67.3
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 9.6
- Male: 54.7
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week: no data
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita(2003): 5.04
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 2792.6
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- female: 70.3%
- Male: 48.7%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 22.7%
- Male: 42.6%
Percentage overweight: no data
Percentage obese: no data
Low Energy Expenditure: no data
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.
– Research completed by Kristin Semancik