Individuals with diabetes in Italy 2010-2022
Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus
The number of cases was directly related to the age of patients. As a matter of fact, diabetes was much more common among old people than among younger individuals . In 2021, approximately 1.1 million people aged 65 to 74 years and about 1.4 million aged 75 years and over were affected by diabetes mellitus in Italy. Diabetes was evenly spread between men and women. However, the number of female individuals who died because of diabetes mellitus was higher than the number of male ones. Indeed, during 2020, over 13.8 thousand women died from diabetes.
Drugs to treat diabetes
In Italy, the sales value of drugs used to treat diabetes increased from 742.2 million euros in 2011 to 1.1 billion euros in 2020. Insulin – with a market share of 48.4 percent in 2016 – was the type of medication mainly used to treat diabetes.