Individuals using drugs in Italy 2022, by gender and occupation
In 2022, around 46.4 percent of the total Italian population over 15 years of age took medicines in the two days before this survey. This statistic breaks down this figure by gender and occupational status of pharmaceutical drug users. For both genders, the occupational status recording the highest share of medicine use was retired. In fact, over 79 percent of both male and female retired individuals took medicines in the previous two days.