Smoking prevalence in Bulgaria
Adult1 (15 years+), 1996		Youth2 (11-17 year olds), 1998		Health professionals3, 1996
Male	49.2 %	Male	23.5 %	Doctors	52.3%
Female	23.8 %	Female	31.4 %

¹ Regular smoking (1-5 cigarettes daily, every day);
Baev, S. (1997). Health Status of the Population (Statistics 3, 1997). Sofia: National Statistical Institute.

² Regular and occasional smoking;
Ivanov, L. et al. (1996). Adequacy and quality of primary health care (consumers and doctors' opinion). Bulletin No. 1. Sofia: National Centre of Public Health.

³ Regular daily smoking among general practitioners and specialists in primary health care measured by the National Center of Public Health;
information provided by George Kotarov in the WHO European Region's Tobacco Questionnaire 1996/1997.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 ^*



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 *
	Males	Females	Total
Lung cancer	88.5 %	20.0 %	77.4 %
All Cancer	37.5 %	3.3 %	23.5 %
Vascular	14.3 %	1.6 %	8.2 %
Respiratory	30.0 %	8.0 %	21.5 %
All Other	7.3 %	1.3 %	4.9 %
All Causes	17.2 %	1.8 %	10.4 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Source: M. A. Corrao, G. E. Guindon, N. Sharma, D. F. Shokoohi, eds. Tobacco control country profiles. Atlanta : The American Cancer Society, 2000. Published for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health.


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