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Minors and juveniles passed on to Child Pedagogic Rooms over the period 2013 – 2023 for use of psychoactive substances (by statistical regions and by districts) (total)
Statistical regions and districts | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Total | 517 | 532 | 572 | 480 | 518 | 549 | 643 | 343 | 440 | 404 | 544 |
Northwest region | 40 | 54 | 54 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 55 | 23 | 48 | 45 | 24 |
Vidin | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||
Vratsa | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Loovech | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Montana | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Pleven | 22 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 7 |
North central region | 90 | 71 | 35 | 45 | 58 | 81 | 59 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 40 |
Veliko Tarnovo | 29 | 33 | 2 | 24 | 37 | 33 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 |
Gabrovo | 32 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
Razgrad | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Ruse | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |||
Silistra | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Northeast region | 27 | 33 | 55 | 43 | 64 | 57 | 61 | 30 | 33 | 39 | 27 |
Varna | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 39 | 29 | 40 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 13 |
Dobrich | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
Targovishte | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Shumen | 7 | 7 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
Southeast region | 40 | 35 | 56 | 72 | 64 | 48 | 76 | 57 | 47 | 46 | 60 |
Burgas | 18 | 19 | 38 | 30 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 40 | 32 |
Sliven | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Stara Zagora | 18 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 17 |
Yambol | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 9 | |
Southwest region | 259 | 261 | 297 | 197 | 199 | 237 | 325 | 155 | 245 | 189 | 283 |
Blagoevgrad | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 32 | 34 |
Kyustendil | 5 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 17 | 35 | 41 |
Pernik | 12 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 67 | 3 | 6 | |
Sofia | 30 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 13 | |
Sofia capital | 215 | 213 | 238 | 159 | 138 | 197 | 256 | 107 | 144 | 112 | 189 |
South central region | 61 | 78 | 75 | 63 | 71 | 58 | 67 | 61 | 52 | 57 | 110 |
Kardzhali | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
Pazardzhik | 9 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Plovdiv | 38 | 46 | 35 | 45 | 33 | 27 | 40 | 31 | 20 | 41 | 75 |
Smolyan | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||||
Haskovo | 13 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 16 |
Minors and juveniles passed on to Child Pedagogic Rooms over the period 2013 – 2023 for use of psychoactive substances (by statistical regions and by districts) (boys)
Statistical regions and districts | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Total | 418 | 408 | 443 | 362 | 411 | 417 | 490 | 253 | 323 | 303 | 404 |
Northwest region | 31 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 45 | 51 | 41 | 16 | 31 | 32 | 22 |
Vidin | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
Vratsa | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Lovech | 2 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Montana | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Pleven | 16 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 |
North central region | 74 | 60 | 29 | 38 | 46 | 67 | 49 | 13 | 14 | 26 | 32 |
Veliko Tarnovo | 21 | 28 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 15 |
Gabrovo | 30 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
Razgrad | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Ruse | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||
Silistra | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Northeast region | 24 | 19 | 43 | 34 | 51 | 44 | 46 | 17 | 26 | 34 | 24 |
Varna | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 12 |
Dobrich | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
Targovishte | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Shumen | 6 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
Southeast region | 36 | 28 | 41 | 58 | 58 | 41 | 59 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 50 |
Burgas | 18 | 14 | 29 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 26 |
Sliven | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | ||||
Stara Zagora | 15 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 16 |
Yambol | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | |
Southwest region | 200 | 193 | 225 | 147 | 147 | 172 | 238 | 116 | 169 | 134 | 190 |
Blagoevgrad | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 28 |
Kyustendil | 5 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 29 |
Pernik | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 2 | 6 | |
Sofia | 26 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
Sofia capital | 161 | 153 | 175 | 119 | 95 | 142 | 180 | 75 | 94 | 76 | 120 |
South central region | 53 | 63 | 68 | 48 | 64 | 42 | 57 | 49 | 46 | 43 | 85 |
Kardzhali | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
Pazardzhik | 9 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Plovdiv | 31 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 31 | 25 | 16 | 29 | 57 |
Smolyan | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||
Haskovo | 12 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 16 |
Minors and juveniles passed on to Child Pedagogic Rooms over the period 2013 – 2023 for use of psychoactive substances (by statistical regions and by districts) (girls)
Statistical regions and districts | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Total | 99 | 124 | 129 | 118 | 107 | 132 | 153 | 90 | 117 | 101 | 141 |
Northwest region | 9 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 2 |
Vidin | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Vratsa | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Lovech | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Montana | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Pleven | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |
North central region | 16 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Veliko Tarnovo | 21 | 28 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
Gabrovo | 30 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Razgrad | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
Ruse | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||
Silistra | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Northeast region | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Varna | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Dobrich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Targovishte | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Shumen | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||
Southeast region | 4 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
Burgas | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||
Sliven | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Stara Zagora | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
Yambol | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||
Southwest region | 59 | 68 | 72 | 50 | 52 | 65 | 87 | 39 | 76 | 55 | 93 |
Blagoevgrad | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
Kyustendil | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | ||
Pernik | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 1 | ||
Sofia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
Sofia capital | 54 | 60 | 63 | 40 | 43 | 55 | 76 | 32 | 50 | 36 | 69 |
South central region | 8 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 25 |
Kardzhali | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Pazardzhik | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Plovdiv | 7 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
Smolyan | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
Haskovo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Minor persons (8-13 years old) passed on to Child Pedagogic Rooms over the period 2013 – 2023 for use of psychoactive substances (by statistical regions and by districts)
Statistical regions and districts | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Total | 23 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 40 | 18 | 39 |
Northwest region | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 8 |
Vidin | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Vratsa | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Lovech | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Montana | 1 | ||||||||||
Pleven | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | |
North central region | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Veliko Tarnovo | 1 | ||||||||||
Gabrovo | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
Razgrad | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
Ruse | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Silistra | |||||||||||
Northeast region | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
Varna | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Dobrich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Targovishte | |||||||||||
Shumen | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
Southeast region | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||
Burgas | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
Sliven | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Stara Zagora | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
Yambol | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Southwest region | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 13 | |
Blagoevgrad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
Kyustendil | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Pernik | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
Sofia | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Sofia capital | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||
South central region | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
Kardzhali | 1 | ||||||||||
Pazardzhik | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Plovdiv | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
Smolyan | 2 | ||||||||||
Haskovo | 1 | 1 |
Juvenile persons (14-17 years old) passed on to Child Pedagogic Rooms over the period 2013 – 2023 for use of psychoactive substances (by statistical regions and by districts)
Statistical regions and districts | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Total | 494 | 506 | 544 | 461 | 498 | 525 | 621 | 335 | 400 | 386 | 505 |
Northwest region | 37 | 44 | 49 | 52 | 53 | 62 | 51 | 22 | 29 | 42 | 16 |
Vidin | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Vratsa | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Lovech | 3 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Montana | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Pleven | 20 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 32 | |
North central region | 82 | 71 | 30 | 45 | 55 | 77 | 59 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 39 |
Veliko Tarnovo | 29 | 33 | 2 | 24 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 |
Gabrovo | 28 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
Razgrad | 4 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Ruse | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Silistra | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Northeast region | 25 | 27 | 46 | 42 | 61 | 51 | 57 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 24 |
Varna | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 27 | 38 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 13 |
Dobrich | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
Targovishte | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Shumen | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
Southeast region | 40 | 34 | 56 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 70 | 52 | 47 | 43 | 50 |
Burgas | 18 | 19 | 38 | 30 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 37 | 30 |
Sliven | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | |||
Stara Zagora | 18 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 13 |
Yambol | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 7 | |
Southwest region | 253 | 253 | 290 | 196 | 196 | 231 | 321 | 155 | 226 | 183 | 270 |
Blagoevgrad | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 27 |
Kyustendil | 5 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 17 | 35 | 39 |
Pernik | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 6 | |
Sofia | 30 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |
Sofia capital | 210 | 208 | 231 | 158 | 138 | 192 | 253 | 107 | 139 | 112 | 186 |
South central region | 57 | 77 | 73 | 56 | 71 | 56 | 63 | 60 | 50 | 53 | 106 |
Kardzhali | 1 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
Pazardzhik | 9 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Plovdiv | 34 | 46 | 33 | 39 | 33 | 26 | 36 | 30 | 19 | 39 | 71 |
Smolyan | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||
Haskovo | 13 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 16 |