{"id":5911,"date":"2025-12-29T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=5911"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:35:54","slug":"persons-served-by-emergency-medical-care-centres-and-emergency-departments-for-drug-addiction-in-bulgaria-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/persons-served-by-emergency-medical-care-centres-and-emergency-departments-for-drug-addiction-in-bulgaria-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Persons served by emergency medical care centres and emergency departments for drug addiction in Bulgaria (2012 \u2013 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Prevalence of psychoactive substance use
Prevalence of medication use
Prevalence of drug use
Drug Prevention<\/a><\/strong><\/td>		Treatment Supply<\/a>
Treatment Demand
Health consequences<\/a>
Harm reduction<\/a><\/strong><\/td>		Drug-related crimes<\/a>
Drug market<\/a>
Drug use and prison<\/a>
Monitoring of publications<\/a>
Attitudes to legal framework changes<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Database (2003 – 2024).xlsx<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>2012<\/strong><\/td>2013<\/strong><\/td>2014<\/strong><\/td>2015<\/strong><\/td>2016<\/strong><\/td>2017<\/strong><\/td>2018<\/strong><\/td>2019<\/strong><\/td>2020<\/strong><\/td>2021<\/strong><\/td>2022<\/strong><\/td>2023<\/strong><\/td>2024<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>2219<\/strong><\/td>1929<\/strong><\/td>2378<\/strong><\/td>2899<\/strong><\/td>2781<\/strong><\/td>2910<\/strong><\/td>2208<\/strong><\/td>3152<\/strong><\/td>2022<\/strong><\/td>2316<\/strong><\/td>2253<\/strong><\/td>3050<\/strong><\/td>3445<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
By emergency region centres (total)<\/strong><\/td>1787<\/strong><\/td>1492<\/strong><\/td>1726<\/strong><\/td>2181<\/strong><\/td>1830<\/strong><\/td>1936<\/strong><\/td>1492<\/strong><\/td>2119<\/strong><\/td>1160<\/strong><\/td>1324<\/strong><\/td>911<\/strong><\/td>1283<\/strong><\/td>1196<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Regions:<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Blagoevgrad<\/td>34<\/td>18<\/td>42<\/td>31<\/td>24<\/td>24<\/td>31<\/td>29<\/td>12<\/td>2<\/td>8<\/td>20<\/td>14<\/td><\/tr>
Burgas<\/td>84<\/td>52<\/td>74<\/td>119<\/td>122<\/td>101<\/td>88<\/td>74<\/td>47<\/td>61<\/td>73<\/td>125<\/td>66<\/td><\/tr>
Varna<\/td>164<\/td>178<\/td>147<\/td>231<\/td>306<\/td>256<\/td>284<\/td>267<\/td>161<\/td>278<\/td>299<\/td>337<\/td>365<\/td><\/tr>
Veliko Tarnovo<\/td>40<\/td>31<\/td>5<\/td>11<\/td>4<\/td>9<\/td>6<\/td>4<\/td>6<\/td><\/td><\/td>5<\/td>14<\/td><\/tr>
Vidin<\/td>43<\/td>18<\/td>15<\/td>25<\/td>22<\/td>29<\/td>30<\/td>17<\/td>8<\/td>12<\/td>14<\/td>32<\/td>11<\/td><\/tr>
Vratsa <\/td>8<\/td>9<\/td>12<\/td>20<\/td>24<\/td>16<\/td>5<\/td>602<\/td><\/td><\/td>3<\/td>12<\/td>13<\/td><\/tr>
Gabrovo<\/td>10<\/td>6<\/td>12<\/td>20<\/td>8<\/td>15<\/td>26<\/td>7<\/td>5<\/td>10<\/td>15<\/td>24<\/td>9<\/td><\/tr>
Dobrich<\/td><\/td>52<\/td>133<\/td>251<\/td>111<\/td>59<\/td>10<\/td>11<\/td>27<\/td>29<\/td>38<\/td>51<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
Kardzhali<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>13<\/td>4<\/td>7<\/td>12<\/td>6<\/td>8<\/td>3<\/td>8<\/td>4<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
Kyustendil<\/td>11<\/td>15<\/td>10<\/td>18<\/td>13<\/td>21<\/td>19<\/td>34<\/td>24<\/td>22<\/td>4<\/td>5<\/td>27<\/td><\/tr>
Lovech<\/td><\/td>2<\/td><\/td>2<\/td>5<\/td>7<\/td>9<\/td>25<\/td>15<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>12<\/td><\/tr>
Montana<\/td>10<\/td>1<\/td>2<\/td>5<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>6<\/td>1<\/td>4<\/td>6<\/td>5<\/td>7<\/td>16<\/td><\/tr>
Pazrdzhik<\/td>23<\/td>27<\/td>32<\/td>54<\/td>65<\/td>29<\/td>18<\/td>19<\/td>22<\/td>22<\/td>17<\/td>12<\/td>27<\/td><\/tr>
Pernik<\/td>20<\/td>12<\/td>44<\/td>21<\/td>31<\/td>13<\/td>21<\/td>15<\/td>18<\/td>14<\/td>15<\/td>20<\/td>50<\/td><\/tr>
Pleven<\/td>4<\/td>25<\/td>24<\/td>14<\/td>21<\/td>18<\/td>12<\/td>10<\/td>2<\/td>11<\/td>4<\/td>15<\/td>31<\/td><\/tr>
Plovdiv<\/td>343<\/td>200<\/td>164<\/td>360<\/td>366<\/td>425<\/td>197<\/td>347<\/td>229<\/td>123<\/td>221<\/td>245<\/td>115<\/td><\/tr>
Razgrad<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>4<\/td>6<\/td><\/td><\/td>6<\/td><\/td><\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Ruse<\/td>47<\/td>65<\/td>71<\/td>79<\/td>43<\/td>84<\/td>61<\/td>61<\/td>41<\/td>87<\/td>105<\/td>78<\/td>88<\/td><\/tr>
Silistra<\/td>7<\/td>10<\/td>11<\/td>8<\/td>7<\/td>4<\/td>4<\/td>1<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>4<\/td>9<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
Sliven<\/td>14<\/td>13<\/td>3<\/td>21<\/td>10<\/td>13<\/td>10<\/td>9<\/td>8<\/td>2<\/td>11<\/td>6<\/td>28<\/td><\/tr>
Smolyan<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>1<\/td>3<\/td>5<\/td>3<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
Sofia (capital and region)<\/td>860<\/td>701<\/td>867<\/td>795<\/td>524<\/td>549<\/td>475<\/td>491<\/td>432<\/td>478<\/td>14<\/td>171<\/td>185<\/td><\/tr>
Stara Zagora<\/td>13<\/td>18<\/td>25<\/td>33<\/td>57<\/td>70<\/td>61<\/td>10<\/td>21<\/td>8<\/td>21<\/td>29<\/td>7<\/td><\/tr>
Targovishte<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>1<\/td>126<\/td>1<\/td><\/td><\/td>1<\/td>9<\/td>1<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Haskovo<\/td>1<\/td><\/td>11<\/td>1<\/td>24<\/td>26<\/td>30<\/td>34<\/td>8<\/td><\/td><\/td>5<\/td>32<\/td><\/tr>
Shumen<\/td>44<\/td>36<\/td>11<\/td>24<\/td>17<\/td>16<\/td>58<\/td>18<\/td>48<\/td>58<\/td>16<\/td>42<\/td>25<\/td><\/tr>
Yambol<\/td>7<\/td>3<\/td>11<\/td>21<\/td>12<\/td>13<\/td>12<\/td>18<\/td>12<\/td>4<\/td>2<\/td>28<\/td>12<\/td><\/tr>
By emergency departments<\/strong> <\/td>432<\/strong><\/td>437<\/strong><\/td>652<\/strong><\/td>718<\/strong><\/td>951<\/strong><\/td>974<\/strong><\/td>716<\/strong><\/td>1033<\/strong><\/td>862<\/strong><\/td>992<\/strong><\/td>1342<\/strong><\/td>1767<\/strong><\/td>2249<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Source: National Center of Public Health and Analyses<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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