Italy: coronavirus death rate by age group 2023

The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italy has hit every age group uniformly and claimed more than 185 thousand lives since it entered the country. As the chart shows, however, mortality rate appeared to be much higher for the elderly patient. In fact, for people between 80 and 89 years of age, the fatality rate was 5.9 percent. For patients older than 90 years, this figure increased to 11.8 percent. On the other hand, the death rate for individuals under 60 years of age was well below 0.5 percent. Overall, the mortality rate of coronavirus in Italy was 0.7 percent.

Italy's death toll was one of the most tragic in the world. In the last months, however, the country started to see the end of this terrible situation: as of January 2023, roughly 84 percent of the total Italian population was fully vaccinated.

Since the first case was detected at the end of January in Italy, coronavirus has been spreading fast. As of January 18, 2023, the authorities reported more than 25.4 million cases in the country. The area mostly hit by the virus is the North, in particular the region of Lombardy.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) death rate in Italy as of January 18, 2023, by age group

Characteristic	Mortality rate
0-9 years	0%
10-19 years	0%
20-29 years	0%
30-39 years	0%
40-49 years	0%
50-59 years	0.2%
60-69 years	0.6%
70-79 years	2.1%
80-89 years	5.9%
90 years and older	11.8%
Total	0.7%