IT · 2017 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Italy, 2017
In 2017, Italy's death due to drugs dependence, by sex increased by 42.9% compared to 2016, reaching 0.40.
Italy accounts for 69.0% of the EU-27 total of 0.58.
Italy ranks 10th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.8% (from 0.42 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.