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Italy

Disease outbreak profile for Italy — 20 events, 9 diseases, since 2003.

Italy (ITA) · WHO EUR region · 20 WHO events across 9 diseases (2003–2026).

Diseases reported by Italy

Disease ICD-10 Events % of country total
COVID-19 U071 7 35%
Influenza due to identified zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus J090 5 25%
Chikungunya mosquito-borne viral fever A920 2 10%
Monkeypox B04 1 5%
Measles B05 1 5%
Acute hepatitis A B15 1 5%
Ebola disease A984 1 5%
Severe acute respiratory syndrome U049 1 5%
Enterovirus infection of unspecified site B341 1 5%

Annual outbreak timeline

Year Events Diseases
2026 2 2
2025 4 4
2024 1 1
2023 2 2
2022 1 1
2021 1 1
2020 1 1
2017 2 2
2015 2 2
2010 1 1
2006 1 1
2004 1 1
2003 1 1

Peak year: 2025 (4 events).

Decade summary

Decade Events
2000s 3
2010s 5
2020s 12

Position in WHO EUR

Rank #6 of 52 countries in this region by total outbreak events on record.

Health system snapshot

Indicator 2023
Population (2023) 59,000,000
Life expectancy 82.90 yr
Healthy life expectancy 72.00 yr
Infant mortality /1k 2.60
Maternal mortality /100k 2.00
Under-5 mortality /1k 3.20
Adult mortality M /1k 68.00
Adult mortality F /1k 42.00
Cardiovascular /100k 93.80
Cancer /100k 157.80
Respiratory /100k 26.10
Diabetes /100k 9.80
Road injury /100k 5.10
Healthcare spending % GDP 9.00%
Physicians /1k 4.10
Hospital beds /1k 3.10
DTP3 vaccination 96.00%
HIV prevalence 0.30%
TB incidence /100k 6.00
Malaria /1k 0.00

Diseases Reported

9

Outbreak Events

20

Year Range

2003–2026

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Country

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