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
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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Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (February 21, 2024). Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2021 and 2022, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2021 and 2022, by region." Chart. February 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (2024). Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2021 and 2022, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Percentage of Elderly Individuals Experiencing Depression Symptoms in Italy between 2021 and 2022, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2021 and 2022, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2021 and 2022, by region [Graph], Istituto Superiore di Sanità, February 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/
