IT · 2019 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Italy, 2019
In 2019, Italy's death due to drugs dependence, by sex increased by 9.5% compared to 2018, reaching 0.46.
Italy accounts for 69.7% of the EU-27 total of 0.66.
Italy ranks 12th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 35.3% (from 0.34 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.