Newly HIV diagnoses in Bulgaria (incl. infected through injecting drug use) over the period 2012 – 2024

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

Database 1990 – 2024 (.xlsx)

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Number of newly HIV diagnoses	157	200	247	227	202	241	311	258	199	237	328	253	284
Rates per 100,000 population	2.1	2.7	3.5	3.2	2.9	3.5	4.6	3.9	3.0	3.6	5.0	3.9	4.4
Males	123	161	201	194	169	218	276	217	168	205	215	206	222
Rates per 100,000 population	3.4	4.5	5.8	5.7	5.0	6.6	8.5	6.8	5.3	6.5	6.9	6.6	7.2
Females	34	39	46	33	33	23	35	41	31	32	113	47	62
Rates per 100,000 population	0.9	1.0	1.3	0,.9	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.9	3.4	1.4	1.9
By age groups
<15 years	3	5	2	1	0	3	3	1	5	3	6	1	4
15-19 years	7	7	8	3	1	0	6	4	4	6	4	3	4
20-24 years	15	25	25	21	23	24	30	23	20	21	21	30	30
25-29 years	34	48	58	55	48	46	57	39	39	40	35	38	31
30-39 years	63	68	98	89	73	107	124	105	68	82	133	88	91
40-49 years	21	33	45	38	41	46	59	53	46	53	96	58	77
>=50 years	14	14	11	20	16	15	32	33	17	32	33	35	47
Transmission mode (number of cases)
Injecting drug use	40	33	48	29	22	33	34	37	15	14	18	24	36
Males	29	28	43	23	17	31	31	29	13	12	16	22	28
Females	11	5	5	6	5	2	3	8	2	2	2	2	8
% injecting drug use	25.5	16.5	19.4	12.8	10.9	13.7	10.9	14.3	7.5	5.9	5.5	9.5	12.7
Sex between men	59	72	98	111	96	120	170	122	96	110	106	98	76
Heterosexual contact	58	70	93	86	84	85	104	98	84	110	199	130	168
Males	35	49	58	60	56	66	73	65	56	80	90	86	114
Females	23	21	35	26	28	19	31	33	28	30	109	44	54
Mother-to-child transmission	0	5	1	1	0	3	3	1	4	3	5	1	4