Between 2022 and 2023, about 9.4 percent of elderly individuals in Italy experienced depression symptoms. According to the data, Basilicata 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 18 percent. Conversely, just 3.8 percent of elderly residing in the region of Calabria suffered from depressive symptoms during this period. This statistic shows the share of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2022 and 2023, by region.
Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2022 and 2023, 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 Tuscany were not provided by the source.
Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
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Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (January 8, 2025). Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2022 and 2023, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, 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 2022 and 2023, by region." Chart. January 8, 2025. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (2025). Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2022 and 2023, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. 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 2022 and 2023, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jan 2025, 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 2022 and 2023, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Percentage of elderly individuals experiencing depression symptoms in Italy between 2022 and 2023, by region [Graph], Istituto Superiore di Sanità, January 8, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/985088/share-of-elderly-individuals-reporting-depression-symptoms-by-region-in-italy/
