Italy: drug prescriptions among patients suffering from hypertension 2016, by region
This statistic depicts the share of patients suffering from hypertension who were prescribed drugs in Italy in 2016, by region. According to data, the region with the largest share of patients who received a medical prescription was Sicily, with 74.9 percent of individuals. By contrast, 61.8 percent of patients with high blood pressure in Trentino-South Tyrol were prescribed medicine, registering the lowest share nationwide.