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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria
BULGARIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
68.2
75.3
71.7
72
59
66
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
69.7
77.2
73.4
87
70
83
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Bulgaria
BULGARIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
69.7
77.2
87
70
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
71.9
79.0
90
70
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
72.0
79.1
91
70
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
72.1
79.1
91
70
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
72.3
79.2
91
72
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
72.5
79.3
92
74
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
72.8
79.4
95
74
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
73.0
79.6
98
75
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
73.4
79.8
101
75
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
74.0
80.1
103
76
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
74.9
80.5
108
77
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
76.1
81.1
108
81
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
77.7
81.9
106
82
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.7
82.8
93
85
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
81.9
84.0
94
89
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.3
85.7
96
93
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.1
87.9
105
101
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.4
90.8
114
110
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.2
94.3
108
121
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.3
98.3
119
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.8
102.8
110
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria
BULGARIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
151.41
49
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
142.50
38
  
36.89
160
3 Hypertension
47.10
38
  
3.67
183
4 Lung Cancers
27.79
27
  
30.98
18
5 Breast Cancer
19.55
54
  
23.62
20
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.65
15
  
15.49
33
7 Influenza & Pneumonia
15.66
148
  
23.69
125
8 Liver Disease
15.23
57
  
9.48
96
9 Diabetes Mellitus
14.21
145
  
5.04
185
10 Road Traffic Accidents
13.07
114
  
4.77
180
11 Stomach Cancer
11.29
46
  
4.81
130
12 Lung Disease
10.79
153
  
21.47
98
13 Kidney Disease
9.80
127
  
3.23
185
14 Suicide
9.19
77
  
6.90
101
15 Other Injuries
8.16
133
  
5.54
170
16 Pancreas Cancer
7.73
29
  
6.81
39
17 Liver Cancer
5.99
91
  
3.07
164
18 Prostate Cancer
5.91
106
  
8.21
58
19 Congenital Anomalies
5.11
130
  
3.68
164
20 Cervical Cancer
4.34
112
  
1.38
161
21 Leukemia
4.31
66
  
4.39
63
22 Low Birth Weight
4.18
134
  
3.39
144
23 Lymphomas
3.93
134
  
7.35
36
24 Inflammatory/Heart
3.66
130
  
2.97
152
25 Bladder Cancer
3.59
49
  
4.27
28
26 Falls
3.55
107
  
3.51
109
27 Ovary Cancer
3.49
32
  
3.96
20
28 Oral Cancer
3.47
79
  
2.39
113
29 Skin Cancers
2.65
33
  
2.74
32
30 Parkinson Disease
2.40
37
  
3.48
8
31 Drownings
2.27
126
  
0.35
187
32 Violence
2.20
127
  
1.14
160
33 Tuberculosis
2.11
133
  
0.41
170
34 Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.00
139
  
2.54
123
35 Poisonings
1.89
112
  
2.81
89
36 Uterin Cancer
1.78
45
  
1.53
64
37 Oesophagus Cancer
1.54
138
  
7.62
30
38 Birth Trauma
1.45
140
  
0.64
166
39 Epilepsy
1.42
116
  
1.57
104
40 Other Neoplasms
1.31
163
  
2.95
92
41 Fires
1.17
115
  
0.45
158
42 Endocrine Disorders
1.06
186
  
3.13
147
43 Alzheimers/Dementia
1.01
164
  
17.08
14
44 Multiple Sclerosis
0.56
37
  
1.33
4
45 Meningitis
0.53
144
  
0.41
149
46 Asthma
0.51
184
  
1.09
153
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.42
174
  
0.90
140
48 Anaemia
0.39
148
  
0.15
171
49 Alcohol
0.32
159
  
1.10
76
50 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.31
166
  
1.95
119
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Bulgaria
BULGARIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Stroke
23,149
27.12
  
55,919
11.98
2 Coronary Heart Disease
23,072
27.03
  
92,299
19.77
3 Hypertension
7,536
8.83
  
5,191
1.11
4 Lung Cancers
3,554
4.16
  
35,845
7.68
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,719
3.18
  
18,951
4.06
6 Diabetes Mellitus
2,173
2.55
  
6,682
1.43
7 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,900
2.23
  
37,348
8.00
8 Liver Disease
1,794
2.10
  
7,767
1.66
9 Lung Disease
1,676
1.96
  
29,069
6.23
10 Stomach Cancer
1,596
1.87
  
6,006
1.29
11 Breast Cancer
1,428
1.67
  
14,343
3.07
12 Kidney Disease
1,351
1.58
  
4,804
1.03
13 Road Traffic Accidents
1,071
1.25
  
3,073
0.66
14 Pancreas Cancer
1,058
1.24
  
7,954
1.70
15 Suicide
983
1.15
  
4,660
1.00
16 Prostate Cancer
943
1.10
  
11,508
2.46
17 Liver Cancer
825
0.97
  
3,470
0.74
18 Other Injuries
788
0.92
  
6,029
1.29
19 Bladder Cancer
543
0.64
  
5,842
1.25
20 Inflammatory/Heart
518
0.61
  
3,014
0.65
21 Leukemia
503
0.59
  
5,077
1.09
22 Cervical Cancer
502
0.59
  
1,322
0.28
23 Lymphomas
480
0.56
  
8,744
1.87
24 Ovary Cancer
436
0.51
  
4,366
0.94
25 Parkinson Disease
419
0.49
  
5,348
1.15
26 Oral Cancer
417
0.49
  
2,428
0.52
27 Falls
369
0.43
  
4,450
0.95
28 Skin Cancers
366
0.43
  
2,947
0.63
29 Peptic Ulcer Disease
293
0.34
  
3,294
0.71
30 Tuberculosis
239
0.28
  
443
0.09
31 Uterin Cancer
238
0.28
  
1,852
0.40
32 Congenital Anomalies
217
0.25
  
1,950
0.42
33 Oesophagus Cancer
200
0.23
  
8,762
1.88
34 Violence
196
0.23
  
703
0.15
35 Drownings
178
0.21
  
233
0.05
36 Low Birth Weight
166
0.19
  
1,386
0.30
37 Other Neoplasms
166
0.19
  
3,829
0.82
38 Poisonings
165
0.19
  
1,805
0.39
39 Alzheimers/Dementia
163
0.19
  
29,116
6.24
40 Fires
130
0.15
  
380
0.08
41 Epilepsy
127
0.15
  
1,201
0.26
42 Endocrine Disorders
120
0.14
  
3,056
0.65
43 Asthma
66
0.08
  
1,260
0.27
44 Anaemia
61
0.07
  
260
0.06
45 Birth Trauma
57
0.07
  
262
0.06
46 Multiple Sclerosis
57
0.07
  
1,206
0.26
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.07
  
1,204
0.26
48 Meningitis
39
0.05
  
278
0.06
49 Alcohol
33
0.04
  
862
0.18
50 Appendicitis
29
0.03
  
157
0.03
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria
BULGARIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
27.79
27
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
19.55
54
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.65
15
  
15.49
33
4 Stomach Cancer
11.29
46
  
4.81
130
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.73
29
  
6.81
39
6 Liver Cancer
5.99
91
  
3.07
164
7 Prostate Cancer
5.91
106
  
8.21
58
8 Cervical Cancer
4.34
112
  
1.38
161
9 Leukemia
4.31
66
  
4.39
63
10 Lymphomas
3.93
134
  
7.35
36
11 Bladder Cancer
3.59
49
  
4.27
28
12 Ovary Cancer
3.49
32
  
3.96
20
13 Oral Cancer
3.47
79
  
2.39
113
14 Skin Cancers
2.65
33
  
2.74
32
15 Uterin Cancer
1.78
45
  
1.53
64
16 Oesophagus Cancer
1.54
138
  
7.62
30
17 Other Neoplasms
1.31
163
  
2.95
92
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Bulgaria
BULGARIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
7,204,687
96
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.92
178
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
13.8 %
186
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
68.5 %
45
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
17.7 %
9
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
9.51
177
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
14.31
22
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.41
167
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
17.87
110
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.97
152
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.68
154
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-3.11
128
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
-0.79
191
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
98.2
50
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
98.7
56
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
97.7
51
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.3
104
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
73.4
83
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
66.0
63
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$12,900
66
  
$36,600
23
 

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