Italy: elderly reporting depression symptoms by region 2022

Between 2021 and 2022, about 9.5 percent of elderly individuals in Italy experienced depression symptoms. According to the data, Umbria was the region with the largest share of population aged 65 years and older declaring to having suffered from depression symptoms during the two weeks preceding the interview, amounting to 16.7 percent. Conversely, just 3.5 percent of elderly residing in the region of Tuscany suffered from depressive symptoms during this period. This statistic shows the share of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2021 and 2022, by region.

Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2021 and 2022, by region

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Release date

February 2024

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2021-2022

Age group

65 years and older

Supplementary notes

A person with symptoms of depression is defined here as a person who in the two weeks prior to the interview experienced symptoms of depressive mood and/or anhedonia (loss of interest in activities of daily living) in a sustained manner.

Data for Lombardy and Piedmont were not provided by the source.

Release date represents the date figures were accessed.

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