What are people in Bulgaria most likely to die from, at each age?
Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria is about 72 years for men and 79 for women. But what threatens people most changes with age — and until late middle age it is rarely what people expect. Pick an age group for the full picture.
Top cause = the most likely cause of death over the next 10 years (on wider screens, with its share of all risk) · 10-year risk = chance of dying from any cause within 10 years, for someone in the middle of the age group.
Cancer screening in Bulgaria
- Breast cancermammogram every 2 years at 45–69, every 3 years from 70 — in your free yearly preventive check-up (NZOK)
- Colorectal cancernot in the general check-up — a stool test every 2 years is covered if you're at higher risk (e.g. family history); ask your GP
- Cervical cancersmear at 30–40: yearly, then every 3 years after two normal results — in your free yearly preventive check-up (NZOK)
- Lung cancerif you smoke or smoked heavily, ages 50–74 — ask whether it's offered
- Prostate cancerPSA blood test every year from 45 — in your free yearly preventive check-up (NZOK)
Based on Bulgaria's preventive check-up (NZOK, Ordinance No. 8) and European guidelines. Each cancer's page compares the programmes country by country.
Computed by Odainn from official Eurostat mortality statistics for Bulgaria (2023) — how we calculate. Educational, not medical advice.