Table 1: Demographic Data
| COUNTRY |
Bulgaria |
| POPULATION |
7,262,675 (July 2008 est.) |
| AREA (sq km) |
110,910 |
| GDP (PPP) |
$86.32 billion (2007 est.) |
| NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE |
|
| SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING |
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Table 2: Cancer Types
(Reference year for data = 2004)
|
CANCER TYPES |
INCIDENCE (/100,000 OF POPULATION) |
NUMBER OF RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENTS PER YEAR (/100,000 INCIDENCE) |
% OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH RADIOTHERAPY |
AVERAGE TIME FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT (WEEKS) |
| Prostate |
20.8 |
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
| Breast |
46.1 |
|
31.6 |
|
|
|
| Lung |
48.2 |
|
7.9 |
|
|
|
| Head and Neck |
15.4 |
|
11.8 |
|
|
|
| Oesophagus |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rectum |
22.4 |
|
3.9 |
|
|
|
| Cervix |
11.3 |
|
14.1 |
|
|
|
| Uterus (body) |
12.8 |
|
15.4 |
|
|
|
| Lymphoma |
10.2 |
|
3.5 |
|
|
|
| Brain |
8.3 |
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
|
Thyroid |
2.7 |
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
| Leukaemia |
12.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sarcoma |
3.6 |
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
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Table 3: Health Professional Data
(Reference year for data = 2008)
|
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS |
NUMBER OF (WHOLE TIME EQUIVALENT) |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Number of Radiation Oncologists |
57 |
|
0.785 |
|
| Number of Medical Physicists |
27 |
|
0.372 |
|
| Number of Radiobiologists |
0 |
|
0.00 |
|
| Number of RTTs |
84 |
|
1.157 |
|
| Number of Radiotherapy Nurses |
82 |
|
1.129 |
|
| Number of Other |
3 |
|
0.04 |
|
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Table 4: Technology Data
(Reference year for data = 2008)
|
TECHNOLOGY |
TOTAL NUMBER |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Linear Accerlerators |
2 |
|
0.03 |
|
| Cobalt Machines |
12 |
|
0.165 |
|
| Simulators |
2 |
|
0.03 |
|
| Brachytherapy Afterloaders |
1 |
|
0.014 |
|
| IMRT |
1 |
|
0.014 |
|
| IGRT |
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Proton Therapy Machines |
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Carbon14 Therapy Machines |
0 |
|
0 |
|
| MRI Treament Planning |
0 |
|
0 |
|
| CT Treatment Planning |
2 |
|
0.03 |
|
| Gamma Knife/Stereotactic Systems |
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Orthovoltage Machines |
36 |
|
0.496 |
|
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Table 5: Hospital Data
| Number of Hospitals with RT department |
13 |
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National Societies Directories
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