# Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2023

All 6 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `standardised_death_rate_external_causes`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 V01 to Y89) per 100,000 inhabitants, age-standardised to the revised European Standard Population of 2013. Both sexes, all ages, by place of residence (Eurostat causes of death statistics).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/external-causes-death-rate/bulgaria-regions

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Severozapaden | 47.1 |
| 2 | Severen tsentralen | 41.8 |
| 3 | Severoiztochen | 36.6 |
| 4 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 33.8 |
| 5 | Yugoiztochen | 31.2 |
| 6 | Yugozapaden | 24.5 |