World suicide prevention day

On the occasion of the World suicide prevention day (10 september 2017), Istat presents in an infographic some characteristics of this phenomenon in the recent […]

Diabetes in Italy

In 2016 more than 3 million 200 thousand people in Italy reported to suffer from diabetes, 5.3% of the total population (16.5% among people aged […]

Diabetes in Italy in 2016

On the occasion of the release of the Statistics focus on “Diabetes in Italy“, Istat represents in an infographic some characteristics of this pathology in […]

The system of health accounts in Italy

Istat disseminates for the first time the estimates for the system of health accounts with reference to the period 2012-2016. The system of health accounts […]

Risk factors to health

In 2015, 19.6% of the population aged 14 and over were smokers (10,344 millions of the population), 22.8% were former smokers and 56.3% no smokers. […]

Residential care facilities

In Italy, residential care facilities, active at 31st December 2013, were 12,261, with 384,450 beds (6.3 for every 1,000 residents). The majority of the residential […]

People with impairments or severe chronicity

In 2013 about 13 million persons aged 15 and over have functional limitations. For this people the interaction between health conditions and behavioural factors may […]

Induced abortion

In 2012, a total of 103,191 induced abortions were performed in Italy, 6,850 fewer than in 2011. Italy is one of the EU countries with […]

Residential care facilities

In Italy, residential care facilities, active at 31st December 2012, were 11,571, with 372,962 beds (6.2 for every 1,000 residents). The majority of the residential […]

Health conditions and use of health services

Italy has an ageing population and chronic diseases are increasingly spreading. Compared to 2005, chronic respiratory diseases and arthrosis/arthritis decreased in 2013 – the ageing […]