Deaths by cause in Bulgaria in 2013, by gender
This statistic displays the number of deaths by cause in Bulgaria in 2013, by gender. During this year 17.9 thousand women and 16.8 thousand men died from cardiovascular disease, one of the leading causes of death in this period. A large number of deaths were caused by Stroke at over 20 thousand individuals and ischaemic heart disease with almost 13 thousand individuals. Cardiovascular disease includes diseases which affect the heart or blood vessels such as myocardial infarction and coronary artery diseases.