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Life expectancy in Bulgaria on the rise, yet below EU average

published on 4/1/20 12:07 PM

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The Bulgarian cabinet has adopted an annual report on the health status of Bulgarian citizens and the implementation of the country's health strategy for 2018. The document delineates a clear trend towards reducing child mortality, which from 13.3 per 1,000 live births in 2010 has been reduced to 5.8 per 1,000 births in 2018.

The trend of a declining birth rate remains - from 9.0 per thousand in 2017 the overall birth rate for 2018 has dropped to 8.9.

The average life expectancy continues to rise, reaching 74.83 years in 2018, but remains below the EU average of 80.9 years.

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