During the 2023 summer, temperatures in Europe were 0.66 °C above average. The increase in mortality due to heat waves affected particularly seniors aged 85 and older across Italy. This figure shows the percentage change in the mortality rate of people over 65 years because of the heat waves in Italian cities during summer 2023, by age and geographical area.
Percentage change in the mortality rate of people over 65 years because of heat waves in Italian cities during summer 2023, by age and geographical area*
In the north of Italy: Bolzano, Turin, Milan, Brescia, Verona, Venice, Trieste, Genoa, Bologna.
In the center and south: Florence, Perugia, Ancona, Pescara, Viterbo, Rieti, Rome, Latina, Frosinone, Civitavecchia, Naples, Campobasso, Bari, Cagliari, Reggio Calabria, Catania, Palermo.
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Ministero della Salute. (November 7, 2023). Percentage change in the mortality rate of people over 65 years because of heat waves in Italian cities during summer 2023, by age and geographical area* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/711211/mortality-rate-increase-heat-waves-by-age-and-area-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Ministero della Salute. "Percentage change in the mortality rate of people over 65 years because of heat waves in Italian cities during summer 2023, by age and geographical area*." Chart. November 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711211/mortality-rate-increase-heat-waves-by-age-and-area-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Ministero della Salute. (2023). Percentage change in the mortality rate of people over 65 years because of heat waves in Italian cities during summer 2023, by age and geographical area*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711211/mortality-rate-increase-heat-waves-by-age-and-area-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Ministero della Salute. "Percentage Change in The Mortality Rate of People over 65 Years Because of Heat Waves in Italian Cities during Summer 2023, by Age and Geographical Area*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711211/mortality-rate-increase-heat-waves-by-age-and-area-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Ministero della Salute, Percentage change in the mortality rate of people over 65 years because of heat waves in Italian cities during summer 2023, by age and geographical area* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711211/mortality-rate-increase-heat-waves-by-age-and-area-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited March 15, 2025)
Percentage change in the mortality rate of people over 65 years because of heat waves in Italian cities during summer 2023, by age and geographical area* [Graph], Ministero della Salute, November 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/711211/mortality-rate-increase-heat-waves-by-age-and-area-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
