Italy
Indicators are explained below the map.
Numbers in green = better than EU average; red = worse than EU average.
| Indicator | Average |
| Life expectancy | Men: 80 years |
| Women: 84.5 years | |
| Self-perceived health | Low education level: 60.2% |
| Medium education level: 82.4% | |
| High education level: 86.3% | |
| Access to health care services | Low education level: 2.8% |
| Medium education level: 1% | |
| High education level: 0.4% |
Inter-regional inequalities
| Life expectancy | lowest: Campania, 81.9 years |
| highest: Autonomous Province of Trento, 84.6 years | |
| At risk of poverty or social exclusion | lowest: Autonomous Province Bolzano – South Tyrol, 12.9% |
| highest: Sicily, 51.6% | |
| Tertiary educational attainment | lowest: Sicily, 14.2% |
| highest: Lazio, 26.1% |
Main Links
Italian National Institute of Statistics
EuroHealthNet partners working on health inequalities
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)– The National Institute of Health
Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini delle Professioni Infermieristiche (FNOPI)–The National Federation of Nursing Professions
Regione del Veneto – Veneto Region is the regional authorityand administrative body
Regione Toscana – Tuscany Region is the regional authority and administrative body
Federsanita ANCI is a nationwide association including municipalities and public health authorities
Centro regionale di Documentazione per la Promozione della Salute – Regione Piemonte (DoRS) – ASL TO3 – Piedmont Regional Health Promotion Documentation Center is a documentation center
Regional Healthcare and Social Affairs Agency of Puglia – The Strategic Regional Agency for Health and Social Affair of Puglia (AReSS Puglia) is the technical support of the regional government’s department for healthcare, social affairs and sports
Comunità di Venezia Società Cooperativa Sociale – Comunità di Venezia and Casa Aurora are non-profit organizations working on mental health and addiction based in Venice
Association Pianoterra – The Association Pianoterra Onlus helps and supports vulnerable families.
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Resources from and about Italy
Find resources from and about Italy in our health inequalities database.
