According to the data, in Italy, almost 31 percent of patients with a diagnosis of depression used antidepressants in 2021. Patients aged above 85 years were the ones with the highest consumption of antidepressants after a diagnosis of depression, with 46.2 percent. This statistic shows the prevalence of antidepressant use in Italy in 2021, by age group.
Prevalence of antidepressant consumption in Italy in 2021, by age group
The prevalence in the consumption of antidepressants is calculated with the ratio between the patients who are treated with antidepressants, and the overall patients who have a diagnosis of depression.
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Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. (July 29, 2022). Prevalence of antidepressant consumption in Italy in 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322604/consumption-prevalence-of-antidepressants-in-by-age-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. "Prevalence of antidepressant consumption in Italy in 2021, by age group." Chart. July 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322604/consumption-prevalence-of-antidepressants-in-by-age-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. (2022). Prevalence of antidepressant consumption in Italy in 2021, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322604/consumption-prevalence-of-antidepressants-in-by-age-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. "Prevalence of Antidepressant Consumption in Italy in 2021, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322604/consumption-prevalence-of-antidepressants-in-by-age-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, Prevalence of antidepressant consumption in Italy in 2021, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322604/consumption-prevalence-of-antidepressants-in-by-age-italy/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Prevalence of antidepressant consumption in Italy in 2021, by age group [Graph], Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, July 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322604/consumption-prevalence-of-antidepressants-in-by-age-italy/
