Birth rate in Bulgaria keeps declining as it is 8.5 per 1,000 people, which remains lower than the EU rate (9.1 per 1,000), according to the 2021 Annual Report on the State of Citizens' Health, approved by the government. The document states that Bulgaria also remains with a high overall mortality rate, which in 2021 was 21.7 per 1,000 people, compared to 18.0 per 1,000 in 2020 and an EU average of 11.6 per 1,000.
At the same time, in 2021 the number of cases of malignant diseases continued to decline (392.3 per 100 thousand people for 2021 compared to 399.3 per 100 thousand for 2020). The incidence of cancer of the digestive organs, breast cancer in women and gynecologic cancer is the highest. Maternal mortality has also declined.
Overnight, from west to east, the rain showers will stop and the clouds will break up and decrease. Thursday will be sunny in western and central Bulgaria . Visibility will be temporarily reduced and in the morning hours there will be low clouds in..
The Supreme Administrative Court has overturned as unlawful the Central Election Commission's refusal to register the Movement for Rights and Freedoms - New Beginning coalition (one of the two factions of the DPS) for the 27 October parliamentary..
The Commission for Consumer Protection has ordered the immediate withdrawal from the market of two products known as energy sniff, which are inhaled through the nose and are an alternative to energy drinks. The products have been identified as a serious..
For the fourth year, one of the most beautiful places to fly in the world - the Belogradchik rocks, will host the Balloon Fiesta. Pilots from..
Acting chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Atanas Zafirov has withdrawn the papers submitted yesterday for the BSP’s independent..
Cases of pertussis (whooping cough) are now few, while the number of scarlet fever and chickenpox cases has been reduced to a..
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