In 2023, approximately 273 thousand individuals were treated in mental health wards in Italy for the first time during that year, corresponding to 54.2 new patients every 10 thousand inhabitants. This statistic shows regional differences in the incidence rate of new patients treated in mental health wards over that year. According to the data, the Calabria was the region recording the highest new mental health patients rate, with 111.1 new patients per 10 thousand inhabitants.
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Rate of new patients treated in mental health wards in Italy in 2023, by region
(per 10,000 inhabitants)
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Ministero della Salute. (December 19, 2024). Rate of new patients treated in mental health wards in Italy in 2023, by region (per 10,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332363/rate-of-new-patients-treated-in-mental-health-wards-in-italy-by-region/
Ministero della Salute. "Rate of new patients treated in mental health wards in Italy in 2023, by region (per 10,000 inhabitants)." Chart. December 19, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332363/rate-of-new-patients-treated-in-mental-health-wards-in-italy-by-region/
Ministero della Salute. (2024). Rate of new patients treated in mental health wards in Italy in 2023, by region (per 10,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332363/rate-of-new-patients-treated-in-mental-health-wards-in-italy-by-region/
Ministero della Salute. "Rate of New Patients Treated in Mental Health Wards in Italy in 2023, by Region (per 10,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332363/rate-of-new-patients-treated-in-mental-health-wards-in-italy-by-region/
Ministero della Salute, Rate of new patients treated in mental health wards in Italy in 2023, by region (per 10,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332363/rate-of-new-patients-treated-in-mental-health-wards-in-italy-by-region/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Rate of new patients treated in mental health wards in Italy in 2023, by region (per 10,000 inhabitants) [Graph], Ministero della Salute, December 19, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332363/rate-of-new-patients-treated-in-mental-health-wards-in-italy-by-region/
