Drug-related deaths in Bulgaria over the period 2012 – 2022 (data from National Registry)

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Drug-related deaths in Bulgaria over the period 2012 – 2022 (total)

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Number of drug-related deaths	30	21	15	17	22	18	24	11	24	20	20
Rates per 100,000 population	0.41	0.29	0.21	0.24	0.31	0.25	0.34	0.16	0.35	0.29	0.31
of which:
number of cases with opioids		9	5	9	13	5	11	3	2	9	12
By ICD-10 Codes (number of cases):
F11-F19	2	2	0	1	5	0	2	1	1	2	3
X41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
X42	13	17	10	15	13	16	17	8	14	11	11
X61	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
X62	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0
Y12	8	2	4	1	2	1	3	2	6	2	6
By age groups
< 20	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
20-24	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
25-29	8	6	3	1	3	2	4	4	3	1	2
30-34	5	8	7	6	8	2	6	7	2	6	5
35-39	3	3	2	6	7	9	8	0	12	3	7
40-44	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	2	3
45-49	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
50-54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55-59	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
60-64	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
>= 65	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	2
Mean age	35.8	32.4	27.7	34.7	38.3	34.9	39.3	30.4	33.9	40.4	40.6
Number of cases by place of death
At home	13	11	7	8	13	11	10	7	13	8	6
In treatment facility	6	5	1	6	4	4	6	1	4	6	8
Other place	11	5	7	3	5	3	8	3	7	6	6

F11-F19 – Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of psychoactive substances.

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.

X61 – Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, antiparkinsonism and psychotropic drugs, 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.

Drug-related deaths in Bulgaria over the period 2012 – 2022 (males)

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Number of drug-related deaths	23	18	14	15	18	15	18	11	21	18	17
Rates per 100,000 population	0.65	0.51	0.40	0.43	0.52	0.44	0.53	0.33	0.63	0.54	0.55
of which:
number of cases with opioids		8	5	7	11	3	7	3	1	7	9
By ICD-10 Codes (number of cases):
F11-F19	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	2
X41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
X42	12	15	9	13	11	14	14	8	14	11	11
X61	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
X62	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Y12	8	2	4	1	2	1	2	2	3	1	4
By age groups
< 20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20-24	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
25-29	7	4	3	1	3	1	2	4	2	1	1
30-34	5	7	7	6	8	2	5	7	2	5	5
35-39	3	3	2	6	6	9	6	0	11	3	7
40-44	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	4	2	2
45-49	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
50-54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55-59	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
60-64	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
>= 65	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
Mean age	29.8	33.1	33.7	32.3	35.0	36.2	39.7	30.4	34.7	38.5	39.1

Drug-related deaths in Bulgaria over the period 2012 – 2022 (females)

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Number of drug-related deaths	7	3	1	2	4	3	6	0	3	2	3
Rates per 100,000 population	0.19	0.08	0.03	0.05	0.11	0.08	0.17	–	0.08	0.06	0.09
of which:
number of cases with opioids		1	0	2	2	2	4	0	1	2	3
By ICD-10 Codes (number of cases):
F11-F19	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
X41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
X42	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0
X61	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
X62	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Y12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2
By age groups
< 20	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20-24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25-29	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1
30-34	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
35-39	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
40-44	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
45-49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50-54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55-59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
60-64	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
>= 65	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Mean age	55.5	28.3	25.0	53.0	53.0	28.7	38.3	–	30.7	53.5	48.3