Municipalities' expenditure for social services

In 2016, municipalities spent around 7 billion and 56 million euros for social services (0.4% of the national GDP; +2% over the previous year). The […]

Mental health at various stages of life

Depression is the most common mental disorder in Italian population. Over 2.8 million people suffered from chronic depression during the past 12 months (5.4% people […]

Report SDGs 2018

On 25 September 2015, the UN-Assembly General adopted the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development (UN Resolution A7RES/70/1, New York), in which the Global Goals are […]

Residential care facilities

In Italy, residential care facilities, active at 31st December 2015, were 12,828, with 390,689 beds (6.4 for every 1,000 residents). The majority of the residential […]

European Health Interview Survey (EHIS)

The European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), established by the Commission Regulation (EU) no. 141/2013, was conducted in all the Member States of the European Union […]

Sexual harassment at work

This note presents the results, referred to the years 2015-2016, of the estimate of sexual harassment suffered by women and men and of women victims […]

Municipalities' expenditure for social services

The statistical measurement of the resources used for social services by the Municipalities, individually or in an associated form, confirms, also in 2015, the tendency […]

Sports practice in Italy

In 2015, over 20 million people aged 3 and over practiced one or more sports continuously (24.4%) or occasionally (9.8%). The rate of those who […]

Health conditions of the elderly

Life expectancy at 65 years in Italy (18.9 years for men and 22.2 for women in 2015) was one year higher than the European Union […]

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 […]