Households’ Consumption Expenditures

The Household Budget Survey records all residing household expenditures to purchase goods and services to meet their needs; it is the main data source to […]

Health and safety at work

Istat disseminates the main results of the ad hoc module “Health and Safety at work”, inserted in the Labour Force Survey during the second quarter […]

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 […]

Leading causes of death in Italy

In 2012 there were 613,520 deaths in Italy and the age-standardized mortality rate was 92.2 per 10,000 residents. From 2007 through 2012 the age-standardized rate […]

Bes 2014 Report

The second edition of the “Report on Equitable and Sustainable Wellbeing” (BES 2014), born of a joint initiative of The Italian National Council for Economics […]

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 […]

Annual report 2014 - The state of the Nation

This year’s Report, the 22nd edition, integrates data produced by Istat and by the National Statistical System, thus offering a well-documented picture of transformations affecting […]

Use and abuse of alcohol

In 2013 the percentage of population aged 11 and over who consumed at least one alcoholic drink during the year was 63.9%. This rate, stable […]

Child mortality in Italy

In 2011, 2,084 under-five year old children died in Italy. In 1887, the number of deaths was 399,505. In this period (1887-2011), the corresponding mortality […]