Drug-related deaths in Bulgaria in 2025 (data from National Registry)

Prevalence of psychoactive substance use
Prevalence of medication use
Prevalence of drug use
Drug prevention
Treatment supply
Treatment demand
Health consequences
Harm reduction
Drug-related crimes
Drug market
Drug use and prison
Monitoring of publications
Attitudes to legal framework changes

F11 – Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids.

X41 – Accidental poisoning by and exposure to antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, antiparkinsonism, and psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified.

X42 – Accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens), not elsewhere classified.

X62 – Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens), not elsewhere classified

Y12 – Poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens), not elsewhere classified, undetermined intent.

Data for 2024

Data for 2023

Data for 2022

TotalMalesFemales
Number of drug-related deaths30264
Rates per 100,000 population0.470.840.12
of which:
number of cases with opioids642
By ICD-10 Codes (numbers):
F11000
X41110
X4218162
x62110
Y121082
By age groups
< 20101
20-24000
25-29330
30-34550
35-39633
40-4411110
45-49330
50-54000
55-59110
60-64000
>= 65000
Mean age37.938.832.0
Source: National Statistical Institute