Italy abortion percentages by province, 1980-2023

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 7 September 2025

Abortion ratios by Italian provinces, 1980-2023

PROVINCE REGION 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 PROVINCE

Agrigento Sicilia 128 120 103 126 136 119 101 115 100 112 125 Agrigento

Alessandria Piemonte 94 104 332 353 343 339 322 300 297 276 249 Alessandria

Ancona Marche 221 227 223 211 217 210 195 197 194 169 162 Ancona

Arezzo Toscana 281 281 251 265 278 240 268 223 231 222 198 Arezzo

Ascoli Piceno Marche 190 174 328 328 363 315 346 304 323 305 300 Ascoli Piceno

Asti Piemonte 221 210 279 269 267 268 288 282 244 255 226 Asti

Avellino Campania 276 281 282 199 234 260 242 233 219 209 238 Avellino

Bari Puglia 395 366 360 453 424 418 407 311 285 275 275 Bari

Barletta-Andria-Trani Puglia x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Barletta-Andria-Trani

Belluno Veneto 194 163 167 159 167 171 168 157 183 176 158 Belluno

Benevento Campania 246 222 230 79 198 244 231 227 211 217 196 Benevento

Bergamo Lombardia 172 167 161 168 175 171 163 157 174 154 149 Bergamo

Biella Piemonte 455 390 277 280 255 282 249 235 222 185 203 Biella

Bologna Emilia-Romagna 329 314 298 290 286 278 280 249 238 244 234 178 Bologna

Bolzano-Bozen Trentino-Alto Adige 171 112 105 104 111 114 102 106 98 107 99 105 113 111 97 115 95 97 107 99 101 101 105 98 109 Bolzano-Bozen

Brescia Lombardia 215 207 208 196 210 205 198 191 183 180 174 Brescia

Brindisi Puglia 335 351 308 303 307 317 298 289 276 260 255 Brindisi

Cagliari Sardegna 209 235 196 183 183 181 184 168 166 163 138 Cagliari

Caltanissetta Sicilia 191 153 159 157 152 108 116 130 139 145 140 Caltanissetta

Campobasso Molise 296 293 249 281 238 249 227 276 236 236 259 Campobasso

Carbonia-Iglesias Sardegna x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 164 137 147 132 Carbonia-Iglesias

Caserta Campania 194 188 173 186 67 166 199 114 188 174 169 Caserta

Catania Sicilia 218 216 201 200 197 180 160 123 182 150 144 Catania

Catanzaro Calabria 247 255 187 218 189 199 202 197 198 214 214 Catanzaro

Chieti Abruzzo 367 253 259 238 228 238 264 229 212 207 246 179 248 263 258 207 262 168 Chieti

Como Lombardia 195 174 163 196 190 174 167 166 155 155 141 Como

Cosenza Calabria 271 281 258 234 209 223 221 219 214 219 199 Cosenza

Cremona Lombardia 228 228 194 244 248 251 224 224 216 205 204 Cremona

Crotone Calabria 171 213 165 173 147 156 149 164 162 159 178 Crotone

Cuneo Piemonte 201 193 190 215 193 195 199 201 184 186 179 Cuneo

Enna Sicilia 225 216 191 207 226 209 179 176 153 139 125 Enna

Fermo Marche x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Fermo

Ferrara Emilia-Romagna 343 339 325 286 301 303 306 294 288 258 257 203 Ferrara

Firenze Toscana 246 257 229 223 209 204 217 220 233 228 222 Firenze

Foggia Puglia 326 291 309 340 320 341 344 311 300 271 259 Foggia

Forl� Emilia-Romagna 241 216 214 221 211 191 202 187 184 158 175 76 Forl�

Frosinone Lazio 238 224 210 212 189 192 184 142 162 162 167 117 110 114 119 113 109 Frosinone

Genova Liguria 367 357 346 328 351 353 324 311 301 265 261 Genova

Gorizia Friuli-Venezia Giulia 264 189 243 223 196 215 209 178 199 197 170 Gorizia

Grosseto Toscana 369 372 294 298 250 259 266 278 237 225 268 Grosseto

Imperia Liguria 311 317 300 334 319 316 275 322 249 258 267 Imperia

Isernia Molise 315 296 254 244 227 289 370 204 225 198 237 Isernia

L'Aquila Abruzzo 203 317 309 261 296 255 247 245 269 242 280 246 236 227 224 192 250 219 L'Aquila

La Spezia Liguria 394 363 356 362 359 317 317 278 276 295 277 La Spezia

Latina Lazio 231 206 222 230 233 264 242 237 242 217 202 187 171 169 173 175 168 Latina

Lecce Puglia 329 315 334 284 295 282 291 286 239 245 249 Lecce

Lecco Lombardia 152 144 152 143 159 161 146 140 134 132 117 Lecco

Livorno Toscana 343 361 328 316 305 317 319 277 257 249 273 Livorno

Lodi Lombardia 203 218 205 208 195 209 195 206 190 183 167 Lodi

Lucca Toscana 266 273 261 231 239 241 242 224 225 181 210 Lucca

Macerata Marche 224 210 220 233 220 219 195 196 192 197 172 Macerata

Mantova Lombardia 240 215 201 208 235 228 231 213 193 186 176 Mantova

Massa-Carrara Toscana 380 385 355 285 330 339 345 309 307 260 281 Massa-Carrara

Matera Basilicata 268 261 274 218 225 237 220 207 246 228 223 Matera

Medio Campidano Sardegna x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 142 136 114 120 Medio Campidano

Messina Sicilia 263 254 232 226 204 214 196 168 168 167 154 Messina

Milano Lombardia 325 294 317 284 306 298 340 326 302 277 269 Milano

Modena Emilia-Romagna 296 268 268 284 282 271 244 246 241 220 209 187 Modena

Monza e della Brianza Lombardia x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Monza e della Brianza

Napoli Campania 193 188 179 140 53 187 160 131 168 144 153 Napoli

Novara Piemonte 162 168 212 201 226 231 218 199 200 186 183 Novara

Nuoro Sardegna 176 166 186 201 177 197 168 146 152 132 150 Nuoro

Ogliastra Sardegna x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 126 167 139 137 Ogliastra

Olbia-Tempio Sardegna x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 200 215 193 226 Olbia-Tempio

Oristano Sardegna 196 193 153 163 132 164 158 172 169 138 156 Oristano

Padova Veneto 160 160 159 157 155 168 159 147 138 146 136 Padova

Palermo Sicilia 175 161 153 162 148 148 142 149 152 129 133 Palermo

Parma Emilia-Romagna 354 331 325 351 309 307 292 292 298 272 255 196 Parma

Pavia Lombardia 300 297 251 277 254 270 255 245 249 231 228 Pavia

Perugia Umbria 333 337 327 308 290 302 253 241 238 201 215 Perugia

Pesaro e Urbino Marche 205 188 213 206 201 187 194 169 172 159 164 Pesaro e Urbino

Pescara Abruzzo 639 320 286 276 301 274 266 268 224 202 196 153 189 214 192 193 172 197 Pescara

Piacenza Emilia-Romagna 298 268 258 263 247 261 249 254 248 234 229 171 Piacenza

Pisa Toscana 269 256 262 264 261 240 236 240 229 207 187 Pisa

Pistoia Toscana 279 251 239 150 226 258 236 233 212 185 164 Pistoia

Pordenone Friuli-Venezia Giulia 195 177 175 196 200 190 182 162 171 170 168 Pordenone

Potenza Basilicata 260 226 236 230 197 233 208 219 206 212 193 Potenza

Prato Toscana 286 267 265 239 228 234 234 204 213 203 216 Prato

Ragusa Sicilia 201 229 198 205 189 174 250 152 182 169 168 Ragusa

Ravenna Emilia-Romagna 306 304 295 286 286 280 254 241 223 228 211 103 Ravenna

Reggio di Calabria Calabria 181 155 133 153 154 162 150 154 139 139 142 Reggio di Calabria

Reggio nell'Emilia Emilia-Romagna 272 252 254 238 238 250 236 242 196 197 212 184 Reggio nell'Emilia

Rieti Lazio 275 258 302 254 257 275 249 223 250 245 221 210 173 171 159 178 160 Rieti

Rimini Emilia-Romagna 313 256 238 223 239 232 196 221 196 168 181 115 Rimini

Roma Lazio 307 304 311 313 283 292 286 275 272 227 230 218 206 214 207 202 197 Roma

Rovigo Veneto 209 192 183 192 187 188 187 175 182 169 152 Rovigo

Salerno Campania 220 202 200 183 64 196 155 191 188 187 168 Salerno

Sassari Sardegna 189 162 185 187 185 208 177 178 174 165 98 Sassari

Savona Liguria 293 249 266 248 246 267 259 245 244 226 234 Savona

Siena Toscana 339 307 279 301 251 226 271 290 244 262 256 Siena

Siracusa Sicilia 284 278 247 246 238 234 202 187 231 218 210 Siracusa

Sondrio Lombardia 163 110 121 138 129 132 115 118 149 132 131 Sondrio

Taranto Puglia 310 317 290 341 322 298 298 276 245 217 213 Taranto

Teramo Abruzzo 192 245 227 216 261 230 231 225 245 204 238 194 141 136 174 128 148 147 Teramo

Terni Umbria 277 274 325 318 301 297 294 275 241 232 243 Terni

Torino Piemonte 305 317 314 300 285 302 282 282 265 263 248 Torino

Trapani Sicilia 138 141 106 144 169 95 78 63 85 82 147 Trapani

Trento Trentino-Alto Adige 288 157 159 163 169 165 175 173 174 165 157 151 167 173 170 157 156 150 148 157 146 148 139 135 140 159 Trento

Treviso Veneto 159 149 163 166 159 163 148 148 144 143 142 Treviso

Trieste Friuli-Venezia Giulia 313 299 302 235 269 254 251 217 256 222 247 Trieste

Udine Friuli-Venezia Giulia 221 198 189 207 190 221 178 178 178 186 185 Udine

Valle d'Aosta Valle d'Aosta 588 724 639 659 678 688 610 529 476 492 328 380 344 361 265 231 296 309 281 284 275 264 268 264 250 214 214 278 190 172 193 214 209 238 186 186 192 190 170 186 158 159 189 Valle d'Aosta

Varese Lombardia 203 183 188 187 193 192 194 176 185 169 164 Varese

Venezia Veneto 203 189 198 202 174 182 173 154 169 164 178 Venezia

Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Piemonte 765 744 195 246 188 226 226 212 209 188 156 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Vercelli Piemonte 333 306 317 284 281 280 269 266 222 275 240 Vercelli

Verona Veneto 159 146 149 169 164 167 162 170 152 141 146 Verona

Vibo Valentia Calabria 215 187 168 161 140 203 171 195 197 185 203 Vibo Valentia

Vicenza Veneto 133 128 135 131 131 131 114 131 133 123 132 Vicenza

Viterbo Lazio 273 231 203 248 274 312 277 242 262 236 224 174 155 186 199 150 149 Viterbo

ITALY 280 342 360 373 379 345 333 317 300 290 274 279 260 258 249 245 250 252 252 250 240 236 230 215 231 219 209 208 195 192 206 204 201 200 194 180 179 176 174 174 164 159 167 ITALY

Abortion percentages by Italian provinces, 1980-2023

PROVINCE REGION 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 PROVINCE

Agrigento Sicilia 11.3 10.7 9.3 11.2 11.9 10.6 9.2 10.3 9.1 10.1 11.1 Agrigento

Alessandria Piemonte 8.6 9.4 24.9 26.1 25.5 25.3 24.3 23.1 22.9 21.6 20.0 Alessandria

Ancona Marche 18.1 18.5 18.2 17.4 17.8 17.3 16.3 16.4 16.2 14.5 13.9 Ancona

Arezzo Toscana 21.9 21.9 20.1 21.0 21.8 19.3 21.2 18.2 18.8 18.2 16.5 Arezzo

Ascoli Piceno Marche 16.0 14.8 24.7 24.7 26.6 24.0 25.7 23.3 24.4 23.4 23.1 Ascoli Piceno

Asti Piemonte 18.1 17.4 21.8 21.2 21.1 21.1 22.4 22.0 19.6 20.3 18.4 Asti

Avellino Campania 21.6 22.0 22.0 16.6 18.9 20.6 19.5 18.9 18.0 17.3 19.2 Avellino

Bari Puglia 28.3 26.8 26.5 31.2 29.8 29.5 29.0 23.7 22.2 21.6 21.6 Bari

Barletta-Andria-Trani Puglia x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Barletta-Andria-Trani

Belluno Veneto 16.3 14.0 14.3 13.8 14.3 14.6 14.4 13.6 15.4 15.0 13.6 Belluno

Benevento Campania 19.7 18.1 18.7 7.3 16.5 19.6 18.8 18.5 17.4 17.8 16.4 Benevento

Bergamo Lombardia 14.7 14.3 13.9 14.4 14.9 14.6 14.0 13.6 14.8 13.3 12.9 Bergamo

Biella Piemonte 31.3 28.0 21.7 21.9 20.3 22.0 19.9 19.0 18.2 15.6 16.8 Biella

Bologna Emilia-Romagna 24.8 23.9 23.0 22.5 22.2 21.8 21.9 19.9 19.2 19.6 19.0 15.1 Bologna

Bolzano-Bozen Trentino-Alto Adige 14.6 10.1 9.5 9.4 10.0 10.2 9.3 9.6 8.9 9.7 9.0 9.5 10.1 10.0 8.8 10.3 8.7 8.8 9.6 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.5 8.9 9.8 Bolzano-Bozen

Brescia Lombardia 17.7 17.1 17.2 16.4 17.3 17.0 16.5 16.0 15.4 15.3 14.8 Brescia

Brindisi Puglia 25.1 26.0 23.6 23.2 23.5 24.1 23.0 22.4 21.6 20.6 20.3 Brindisi

Cagliari Sardegna 17.3 19.0 16.4 15.5 15.5 15.3 15.6 14.4 14.3 14.0 12.1 Cagliari

Caltanissetta Sicilia 16.0 13.3 13.8 13.6 13.2 9.7 10.4 11.5 12.2 12.7 12.3 Caltanissetta

Campobasso Molise 22.8 22.6 19.9 21.9 19.2 19.9 18.5 21.6 19.1 19.1 20.5 Campobasso

Carbonia-Iglesias Sardegna x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 14.1 12.1 12.8 11.6 Carbonia-Iglesias

Caserta Campania 16.2 15.8 14.7 15.7 6.3 14.2 16.6 10.2 15.8 14.8 14.4 Caserta

Catania Sicilia 17.9 17.7 16.8 16.6 16.5 15.2 13.8 11.0 15.4 13.0 12.6 Catania

Catanzaro Calabria 19.8 20.3 15.8 17.9 15.9 16.6 16.8 16.5 16.5 17.6 17.6 Catanzaro

Chieti Abruzzo 26.9 20.2 20.6 19.2 18.6 19.2 20.9 18.6 17.5 17.1 19.7 15.2 19.9 20.8 20.5 17.2 20.8 14.4 Chieti

Como Lombardia 16.3 14.8 14.0 16.4 16.0 14.9 14.3 14.2 13.4 13.4 12.4 Como

Cosenza Calabria 21.4 21.9 20.5 19.0 17.3 18.2 18.1 17.9 17.6 18.0 16.6 Cosenza

Cremona Lombardia 18.6 18.5 16.3 19.6 19.8 20.1 18.3 18.3 17.8 17.0 17.0 Cremona

Crotone Calabria 14.6 17.5 14.2 14.7 12.8 13.5 13.0 14.1 13.9 13.8 15.1 Crotone

Cuneo Piemonte 16.7 16.2 16.0 17.7 16.2 16.3 16.6 16.7 15.6 15.7 15.2 Cuneo

Enna Sicilia 18.4 17.7 16.0 17.1 18.5 17.3 15.2 15.0 13.3 12.2 11.1 Enna

Fermo Marche x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Fermo

Ferrara Emilia-Romagna 25.6 25.3 24.5 22.3 23.1 23.2 23.5 22.7 22.4 20.5 20.5 16.9 Ferrara

Firenze Toscana 19.7 20.4 18.6 18.2 17.3 16.9 17.8 18.0 18.9 18.6 18.1 Firenze

Foggia Puglia 24.6 22.5 23.6 25.4 24.2 25.5 25.6 23.7 23.1 21.3 20.6 Foggia

Forl� Emilia-Romagna 19.4 17.8 17.6 18.1 17.4 16.0 16.8 15.8 15.5 13.6 14.9 7.1 Forl�

Frosinone Lazio 19.2 18.3 17.4 17.5 15.9 16.1 15.5 12.5 13.9 13.9 14.3 10.4 9.9 10.2 10.7 10.2 9.8 Frosinone

Genova Liguria 26.9 26.3 25.7 24.7 26.0 26.1 24.5 23.7 23.1 20.9 20.7 Genova

Gorizia Friuli-Venezia Giulia 20.9 15.9 19.5 18.2 16.4 17.7 17.3 15.1 16.6 16.5 14.5 Gorizia

Grosseto Toscana 27.0 27.1 22.7 23.0 20.0 20.6 21.0 21.8 19.2 18.3 21.2 Grosseto

Imperia Liguria 23.7 24.1 23.1 25.0 24.2 24.0 21.5 24.4 20.0 20.5 21.1 Imperia

Isernia Molise 24.0 22.9 20.3 19.6 18.5 22.4 27.0 16.9 18.4 16.5 19.2 Isernia

L'Aquila Abruzzo 16.9 24.1 23.6 20.7 22.8 20.3 19.8 19.6 21.2 19.5 21.9 19.8 19.1 18.5 18.3 16.1 20.0 18.0 L'Aquila

La Spezia Liguria 28.3 26.7 26.2 26.6 26.4 24.1 24.1 21.7 21.6 22.8 21.7 La Spezia

Latina Lazio 18.8 17.1 18.2 18.7 18.9 20.9 19.5 19.2 19.5 17.8 16.8 15.8 14.6 14.4 14.8 14.9 14.4 Latina

Lecce Puglia 24.7 24.0 25.0 22.1 22.8 22.0 22.5 22.2 19.3 19.7 19.9 Lecce

Lecco Lombardia 13.2 12.6 13.2 12.5 13.7 13.8 12.7 12.2 11.8 11.6 10.5 Lecco

Livorno Toscana 25.6 26.5 24.7 24.0 23.3 24.1 24.2 21.7 20.4 20.0 21.4 Livorno

Lodi Lombardia 16.9 17.9 17.0 17.2 16.3 17.3 16.3 17.1 16.0 15.5 14.3 Lodi

Lucca Toscana 21.0 21.4 20.7 18.7 19.3 19.4 19.5 18.3 18.4 15.4 17.4 Lucca

Macerata Marche 18.3 17.4 18.0 18.9 18.0 18.0 16.3 16.4 16.1 16.4 14.7 Macerata

Mantova Lombardia 19.4 17.7 16.7 17.2 19.0 18.6 18.8 17.6 16.2 15.7 15.0 Mantova

Massa-Carrara Toscana 27.6 27.8 26.2 22.2 24.8 25.3 25.6 23.6 23.5 20.7 21.9 Massa-Carrara

Matera Basilicata 21.1 20.7 21.5 17.9 18.3 19.1 18.0 17.2 19.7 18.5 18.2 Matera

Medio Campidano Sardegna x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 12.5 12.0 10.2 10.7 Medio Campidano

Messina Sicilia 20.8 20.3 18.9 18.4 16.9 17.6 16.4 14.4 14.4 14.3 13.3 Messina

Milano Lombardia 24.5 22.7 24.1 22.1 23.4 22.9 25.4 24.6 23.2 21.7 21.2 Milano

Modena Emilia-Romagna 22.9 21.1 21.1 22.1 22.0 21.3 19.6 19.8 19.4 18.0 17.3 15.7 Modena

Monza e della Brianza Lombardia x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Monza e della Brianza

Napoli Campania 16.2 15.9 15.2 12.3 5.0 15.7 13.8 11.6 14.4 12.6 13.3 Napoli

Novara Piemonte 13.9 14.4 17.5 16.8 18.4 18.8 17.9 16.6 16.7 15.7 15.4 Novara

Nuoro Sardegna 15.0 14.2 15.7 16.8 15.0 16.5 14.4 12.7 13.2 11.6 13.0 Nuoro

Ogliastra Sardegna x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 11.2 14.3 12.2 12.1 Ogliastra

Olbia-Tempio Sardegna x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 16.7 17.7 16.2 18.4 Olbia-Tempio

Oristano Sardegna 16.4 16.2 13.3 14.0 11.7 14.1 13.7 14.7 14.4 12.2 13.5 Oristano

Padova Veneto 13.8 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.4 14.3 13.7 12.8 12.1 12.7 12.0 Padova

Palermo Sicilia 14.9 13.9 13.3 13.9 12.9 12.9 12.4 13.0 13.2 11.4 11.8 Palermo

Parma Emilia-Romagna 26.1 24.9 24.5 26.0 23.6 23.5 22.6 22.6 22.9 21.4 20.3 16.4 Parma

Pavia Lombardia 23.1 22.9 20.1 21.7 20.3 21.3 20.3 19.7 19.9 18.8 18.6 Pavia

Perugia Umbria 25.0 25.2 24.6 23.5 22.5 23.2 20.2 19.4 19.2 16.7 17.7 Perugia

Pesaro e Urbino Marche 17.0 15.8 17.6 17.1 16.8 15.8 16.2 14.4 14.7 13.7 14.1 Pesaro e Urbino

Pescara Abruzzo 39.0 24.3 22.2 21.6 23.1 21.5 21.0 21.1 18.3 16.8 16.4 13.3 15.9 17.6 16.1 16.2 14.7 16.5 Pescara

Piacenza Emilia-Romagna 23.0 21.1 20.5 20.8 19.8 20.7 20.0 20.3 19.9 18.9 18.6 14.6 Piacenza

Pisa Toscana 21.2 20.4 20.7 20.9 20.7 19.4 19.1 19.3 18.6 17.1 15.8 Pisa

Pistoia Toscana 21.8 20.0 19.3 13.1 18.4 20.5 19.1 18.9 17.5 15.6 14.1 Pistoia

Pordenone Friuli-Venezia Giulia 16.3 15.1 14.9 16.4 16.7 16.0 15.4 13.9 14.6 14.6 14.4 Pordenone

Potenza Basilicata 20.7 18.4 19.1 18.7 16.5 18.9 17.2 18.0 17.1 17.5 16.2 Potenza

Prato Toscana 22.2 21.1 21.0 19.3 18.6 19.0 19.0 17.0 17.6 16.9 17.7 Prato

Ragusa Sicilia 16.7 18.6 16.5 17.0 15.9 14.8 20.0 13.2 15.4 14.5 14.4 Ragusa

Ravenna Emilia-Romagna 23.4 23.3 22.8 22.3 22.3 21.9 20.3 19.4 18.3 18.6 17.4 9.3 Ravenna

Reggio di Calabria Calabria 15.3 13.4 11.8 13.3 13.3 13.9 13.1 13.4 12.2 12.2 12.4 Reggio di Calabria

Reggio nell'Emilia Emilia-Romagna 21.4 20.1 20.3 19.2 19.2 20.0 19.1 19.5 16.4 16.5 17.5 15.6 Reggio nell'Emilia

Rieti Lazio 21.6 20.5 23.2 20.2 20.5 21.6 19.9 18.2 20.0 19.7 18.1 17.4 14.7 14.6 13.7 15.1 13.8 Rieti

Rimini Emilia-Romagna 23.8 20.4 19.2 18.2 19.3 18.8 16.4 18.1 16.4 14.4 15.3 10.3 Rimini

Roma Lazio 23.5 23.3 23.7 23.8 22.1 22.6 22.3 21.5 21.4 18.5 18.7 17.9 17.1 17.6 17.1 16.8 16.5 Roma

Rovigo Veneto 17.3 16.1 15.4 16.1 15.7 15.8 15.7 14.9 15.4 14.4 13.2 Rovigo

Salerno Campania 18.0 16.8 16.7 15.4 6.0 16.4 13.4 16.0 15.8 15.8 14.4 Salerno

Sassari Sardegna 15.9 13.9 15.6 15.7 15.6 17.2 15.1 15.1 14.8 14.2 9.0 Sassari

Savona Liguria 22.7 19.9 21.0 19.9 19.7 21.1 20.6 19.7 19.6 18.4 18.9 Savona

Siena Toscana 25.3 23.5 21.8 23.1 20.1 18.4 21.3 22.5 19.6 20.8 20.4 Siena

Siracusa Sicilia 22.1 21.7 19.8 19.7 19.2 19.0 16.8 15.8 18.8 17.9 17.4 Siracusa

Sondrio Lombardia 14.0 9.9 10.8 12.1 11.4 11.6 10.3 10.5 12.9 11.6 11.6 Sondrio

Taranto Puglia 23.6 24.1 22.5 25.4 24.4 23.0 23.0 21.6 19.7 17.8 17.6 Taranto

Teramo Abruzzo 16.1 19.7 18.5 17.7 20.7 18.7 18.8 18.4 19.7 16.9 19.2 16.3 12.3 12.0 14.8 11.4 12.9 12.8 Teramo

Terni Umbria 21.7 21.5 24.5 24.1 23.1 22.9 22.7 21.6 19.5 18.9 19.6 Terni

Torino Piemonte 23.4 24.1 23.9 23.1 22.2 23.2 22.0 22.0 20.9 20.8 19.8 Torino

Trapani Sicilia 12.1 12.4 9.6 12.6 14.5 8.7 7.3 5.9 7.8 7.6 12.8 Trapani

Trento Trentino-Alto Adige 22.4 13.5 13.7 14.0 14.5 14.1 14.9 14.8 14.8 14.1 13.6 13.1 14.3 14.7 14.5 13.5 13.5 13.1 12.9 13.6 12.8 12.9 12.2 11.9 12.3 13.7 Trento

Treviso Veneto 13.7 12.9 14.0 14.2 13.7 14.0 12.9 12.9 12.6 12.5 12.4 Treviso

Trieste Friuli-Venezia Giulia 23.9 23.0 23.2 19.0 21.2 20.3 20.1 17.8 20.4 18.2 19.8 Trieste

Udine Friuli-Venezia Giulia 18.1 16.5 15.9 17.2 16.0 18.1 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.7 15.6 Udine

Valle d'Aosta Valle d'Aosta 37.0 42.0 39.0 39.7 40.4 40.8 37.9 34.6 32.2 33.0 24.7 27.5 25.6 26.5 20.9 18.7 22.9 23.6 21.9 22.1 21.6 20.9 21.2 20.9 20.0 17.7 17.6 21.8 16.0 14.7 16.2 17.6 17.3 19.2 15.7 15.7 16.1 16.0 14.5 15.7 13.6 13.7 15.9 Valle d'Aosta

Varese Lombardia 16.9 15.5 15.8 15.7 16.2 16.1 16.3 15.0 15.6 14.5 14.1 Varese

Venezia Veneto 16.9 15.9 16.5 16.8 14.8 15.4 14.7 13.3 14.4 14.1 15.1 Venezia

Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Piemonte 43.3 42.7 16.3 19.7 15.9 18.4 18.4 17.5 17.3 15.8 13.5 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Vercelli Piemonte 25.0 23.5 24.1 22.1 22.0 21.9 21.2 21.0 18.2 21.6 19.4 Vercelli

Verona Veneto 13.7 12.7 12.9 14.4 14.1 14.3 13.9 14.5 13.2 12.4 12.7 Verona

Vibo Valentia Calabria 17.7 15.8 14.3 13.9 12.3 16.9 14.6 16.3 16.4 15.6 16.9 Vibo Valentia

Vicenza Veneto 11.8 11.3 11.9 11.6 11.6 11.6 10.3 11.6 11.7 10.9 11.7 Vicenza

Viterbo Lazio 21.4 18.8 16.9 19.9 21.5 23.8 21.7 19.5 20.8 19.1 18.3 14.8 13.4 15.7 16.6 13.1 12.9 Viterbo

ITALY 21.9 25.5 26.5 27.2 27.5 25.6 25.0 24.1 23.1 22.5 21.5 21.8 20.6 20.5 19.9 19.6 20.0 20.1 20.1 20.0 19.3 19.1 18.7 17.7 18.7 18.0 17.3 17.2 16.3 16.1 17.1 16.9 16.7 16.7 16.3 15.3 15.2 15.0 14.8 14.8 14.1 13.7 14.3 ITALY

Abortion percentage ranks by Italian provinces, 1999-2009

PROVINCE REGION 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Agrigento Sicilia 101 100 103 101 96 100 102 104 106 105 103

Alessandria Piemonte 103 103 6 3 5 4 8 8 7 5 16

Ancona Marche 65 55 55 62 57 63 68 63 63 72 77

Arezzo Toscana 37 32 44 33 24 47 25 44 38 36 50

Ascoli Piceno Marche 85 83 7 9 2 10 3 7 1 1 1

Asti Piemonte 64 67 28 31 28 29 17 15 24 17 30

Avellino Campania 40 30 26 73 47 35 40 38 45 45 23

Bari Puglia 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 9 7 4

Barletta-Andria-Trani Puglia

Belluno Veneto 81 88 86 91 85 88 84 87 72 69 78

Benevento Campania 54 59 53 103 65 44 46 40 51 42 51

Bergamo Lombardia 90 86 91 86 82 87 86 86 78 87 87

Biella Piemonte 2 2 29 29 33 21 35 37 43 63 47

Bologna Emilia-Romagna 15 17 22 20 19 25 20 26 33 22 25

Bolzano-Bozen Trentino-Alto Adige 102 102 102 102 100 102 101 106 105 106 106

Brescia Lombardia 69 68 63 74 59 67 65 66 73 68 64

Brindisi Puglia 12 9 18 14 11 6 12 12 12 14 15

Cagliari Sardegna 71 51 71 81 80 82 74 80 87 80 95

Caltanissetta Sicilia 84 94 92 93 92 101 98 100 99 91 94

Campobasso Molise 32 27 45 28 43 42 49 19 35 25 11

Carbonia-Iglesias Sardegna 84 101 89 100

Caserta Campania 82 79 84 80 101 91 63 105 68 70 68

Catania Sicilia 67 62 66 72 66 83 89 102 75 88 90

Catanzaro Calabria 52 46 78 58 75 70 61 62 59 43 38

Chieti Abruzzo 51 41 50 52 44 33 48 54 53 19 58

Como Lombardia 79 84 88 76 73 85 85 82 91 86 93

Cosenza Calabria 44 31 40 47 61 58 53 49 48 38 49

Cremona Lombardia 60 54 73 43 37 39 52 42 46 47 45

Crotone Calabria 91 65 87 83 94 96 94 83 89 82 61

Cuneo Piemonte 77 72 75 60 71 73 64 59 70 62 59

Enna Sicilia 61 63 74 66 52 65 77 74 92 96 102

Fermo Marche

Ferrara Emilia-Romagna 10 10 10 22 15 13 11 9 8 15 12

Firenze Toscana 53 43 54 54 60 68 56 47 36 29 34

Foggia Puglia 17 28 17 6 8 3 5 3 5 9 10

Forl� Emilia-Romagna 56 61 59 57 58 76 60 68 71 84 63

Frosinone Lazio 58 58 62 61 74 75 75 96 90 81 73

Genova Liguria 7 8 4 8 4 2 7 5 4 10 9

Gorizia Friuli-Venezia Giulia 48 76 47 56 68 61 58 72 58 52 67

Grosseto Toscana 6 4 24 18 36 36 27 16 34 34 7

Imperia Liguria 24 15 21 7 9 9 22 2 19 16 8

Isernia Molise 21 25 42 42 51 20 2 58 41 50 24

L'Aquila Abruzzo 20 18 38 19 32 43 37 23 28 3 20

La Spezia Liguria 4 6 2 2 3 7 10 17 11 2 3

Latina Lazio 59 69 56 50 48 32 39 36 27 40 48

Lecce Puglia 16 16 5 27 16 22 16 13 31 20 17

Lecco Lombardia 98 97 96 97 89 95 96 97 103 100 105

Livorno Toscana 9 7 8 11 13 8 9 18 16 18 5

Lodi Lombardia 75 60 64 64 69 64 69 56 66 66 72

Lucca Toscana 47 36 37 49 40 45 41 43 40 67 43

Macerata Marche 62 66 57 48 56 60 70 64 65 53 66

Mantova Lombardia 57 64 67 63 46 55 47 52 64 60 62

Massa-Carrara Toscana 5 3 3 23 6 5 4 6 2 13 2

Matera Basilicata 46 40 31 59 55 48 54 55 22 31 33

Medio Campidano Sardegna 95 102 104 104

Messina Sicilia 49 47 52 53 62 62 67 81 85 77 81

Milano Lombardia 18 26 14 24 12 17 6 1 3 4 6

Modena Emilia-Romagna 31 37 32 26 22 27 38 27 30 37 44

Monza e della Brianza Lombardia

Napoli Campania 83 77 82 98 103 80 88 99 84 92 82

Novara Piemonte 93 85 61 70 53 53 55 61 57 59 56

Nuoro Sardegna 88 87 79 71 81 71 83 94 93 99 86

Ogliastra Sardegna 101 86 95 96

Olbia-Tempio Sardegna 60 47 55 31

Oristano Sardegna 78 73 94 88 97 92 91 77 82 98 80

Padova Veneto 94 91 93 92 90 89 90 93 100 90 97

Palermo Sicilia 89 90 95 89 93 97 97 91 95 102 98

Parma Emilia-Romagna 8 12 11 4 10 12 15 10 6 8 14

Pavia Lombardia 29 24 43 30 34 28 29 28 20 28 29

Perugia Umbria 13 11 9 13 17 14 31 34 32 49 37

Pesaro e Urbino Marche 72 78 60 67 63 79 72 79 80 83 74

Pescara Abruzzo 19 29 30 16 26 31 26 41 56 54 83

Piacenza Emilia-Romagna 30 38 39 35 38 34 34 25 21 26 28

Pisa Toscana 45 45 36 34 30 46 44 35 39 46 54

Pistoia Toscana 38 49 48 95 54 37 43 39 50 64 75

Pordenone Friuli-Venezia Giulia 80 82 83 75 64 77 76 85 81 71 70

Potenza Basilicata 50 57 51 51 67 51 59 48 54 44 53

Prato Toscana 34 39 34 44 50 49 45 57 49 48 36

Ragusa Sicilia 76 53 70 68 76 86 33 90 76 74 69

Ravenna Emilia-Romagna 27 21 23 21 18 24 30 33 42 30 41

Reggio di Calabria Calabria 87 93 99 94 91 94 93 88 98 97 92

Reggio nell'Emilia Emilia-Romagna 43 48 41 45 45 40 42 31 62 51 40

Rieti Lazio 41 42 20 37 31 26 36 45 18 21 35

Rimini Emilia-Romagna 23 44 49 55 41 52 66 46 61 76 57

Roma Lazio 26 22 16 12 21 19 18 22 13 32 27

Rovigo Veneto 70 74 81 77 78 78 73 75 74 75 84

Salerno Campania 66 70 68 82 102 72 92 67 67 58 71

Sassari Sardegna 86 89 80 79 79 66 79 70 79 78 107

Savona Liguria 33 50 33 39 39 30 28 30 26 33 26

Siena Toscana 11 19 27 15 35 56 23 11 25 12 13

Siracusa Sicilia 35 33 46 41 42 50 62 69 37 39 42

Sondrio Lombardia 92 101 100 99 99 98 99 103 96 101 101

Taranto Puglia 25 13 25 5 7 16 13 20 23 41 39

Teramo Abruzzo 55 56 58 36 49 54 51 29 55 23 52

Terni Umbria 39 35 12 10 14 18 14 21 29 27 21

Torino Piemonte 28 14 15 17 20 15 19 14 14 11 18

Trapani Sicilia 99 98 101 96 84 103 103 107 107 107 88

Trento Trentino-Alto Adige 97 92 89 84 86 84 80 76 88 85 85

Treviso Veneto 96 95 90 87 88 93 95 92 97 93 91

Trieste Friuli-Venezia Giulia 22 23 19 46 27 38 32 50 17 35 19

Udine Friuli-Venezia Giulia 63 71 76 65 72 59 78 71 77 61 55

Valle d'Aosta Valle d'Aosta 36 34 35 32 29 41 57 51 10 56 65

Varese Lombardia 74 81 77 78 70 74 71 73 69 73 76

Venezia Veneto 73 75 69 69 83 81 81 89 83 79 60

Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Piemonte 1 1 72 40 77 57 50 53 52 57 79

Vercelli Piemonte 14 20 13 25 23 23 24 24 44 6 22

Verona Veneto 95 96 97 85 87 90 87 78 94 94 89

Vibo Valentia Calabria 68 80 85 90 95 69 82 65 60 65 46

Vicenza Veneto 100 99 98 100 98 99 100 98 104 103 99

Viterbo Lazio 42 52 65 38 25 11 21 32 15 24 32

PROVINCE	REGION	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Agrigento	Sicilia	101	100	103	101	96	100	102	104	106	105	103
Alessandria	Piemonte	103	103	6	3	5	4	8	8	7	5	16
Ancona	Marche	65	55	55	62	57	63	68	63	63	72	77
Arezzo	Toscana	37	32	44	33	24	47	25	44	38	36	50
Ascoli Piceno	Marche	85	83	7	9	2	10	3	7	1	1	1
Asti	Piemonte	64	67	28	31	28	29	17	15	24	17	30
Avellino	Campania	40	30	26	73	47	35	40	38	45	45	23
Bari	Puglia	3	5	1	1	1	1	1	4	9	7	4
Barletta-Andria-Trani	Puglia
Belluno	Veneto	81	88	86	91	85	88	84	87	72	69	78
Benevento	Campania	54	59	53	103	65	44	46	40	51	42	51
Bergamo	Lombardia	90	86	91	86	82	87	86	86	78	87	87
Biella	Piemonte	2	2	29	29	33	21	35	37	43	63	47
Bologna	Emilia-Romagna	15	17	22	20	19	25	20	26	33	22	25
Bolzano-Bozen	Trentino-Alto Adige	102	102	102	102	100	102	101	106	105	106	106
Brescia	Lombardia	69	68	63	74	59	67	65	66	73	68	64
Brindisi	Puglia	12	9	18	14	11	6	12	12	12	14	15
Cagliari	Sardegna	71	51	71	81	80	82	74	80	87	80	95
Caltanissetta	Sicilia	84	94	92	93	92	101	98	100	99	91	94
Campobasso	Molise	32	27	45	28	43	42	49	19	35	25	11
Carbonia-Iglesias	Sardegna								84	101	89	100
Caserta	Campania	82	79	84	80	101	91	63	105	68	70	68
Catania	Sicilia	67	62	66	72	66	83	89	102	75	88	90
Catanzaro	Calabria	52	46	78	58	75	70	61	62	59	43	38
Chieti	Abruzzo	51	41	50	52	44	33	48	54	53	19	58
Como	Lombardia	79	84	88	76	73	85	85	82	91	86	93
Cosenza	Calabria	44	31	40	47	61	58	53	49	48	38	49
Cremona	Lombardia	60	54	73	43	37	39	52	42	46	47	45
Crotone	Calabria	91	65	87	83	94	96	94	83	89	82	61
Cuneo	Piemonte	77	72	75	60	71	73	64	59	70	62	59
Enna	Sicilia	61	63	74	66	52	65	77	74	92	96	102
Fermo	Marche
Ferrara	Emilia-Romagna	10	10	10	22	15	13	11	9	8	15	12
Firenze	Toscana	53	43	54	54	60	68	56	47	36	29	34
Foggia	Puglia	17	28	17	6	8	3	5	3	5	9	10
Forl�	Emilia-Romagna	56	61	59	57	58	76	60	68	71	84	63
Frosinone	Lazio	58	58	62	61	74	75	75	96	90	81	73
Genova	Liguria	7	8	4	8	4	2	7	5	4	10	9
Gorizia	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	48	76	47	56	68	61	58	72	58	52	67
Grosseto	Toscana	6	4	24	18	36	36	27	16	34	34	7
Imperia	Liguria	24	15	21	7	9	9	22	2	19	16	8
Isernia	Molise	21	25	42	42	51	20	2	58	41	50	24
L'Aquila	Abruzzo	20	18	38	19	32	43	37	23	28	3	20
La Spezia	Liguria	4	6	2	2	3	7	10	17	11	2	3
Latina	Lazio	59	69	56	50	48	32	39	36	27	40	48
Lecce	Puglia	16	16	5	27	16	22	16	13	31	20	17
Lecco	Lombardia	98	97	96	97	89	95	96	97	103	100	105
Livorno	Toscana	9	7	8	11	13	8	9	18	16	18	5
Lodi	Lombardia	75	60	64	64	69	64	69	56	66	66	72
Lucca	Toscana	47	36	37	49	40	45	41	43	40	67	43
Macerata	Marche	62	66	57	48	56	60	70	64	65	53	66
Mantova	Lombardia	57	64	67	63	46	55	47	52	64	60	62
Massa-Carrara	Toscana	5	3	3	23	6	5	4	6	2	13	2
Matera	Basilicata	46	40	31	59	55	48	54	55	22	31	33
Medio Campidano	Sardegna								95	102	104	104
Messina	Sicilia	49	47	52	53	62	62	67	81	85	77	81
Milano	Lombardia	18	26	14	24	12	17	6	1	3	4	6
Modena	Emilia-Romagna	31	37	32	26	22	27	38	27	30	37	44
Monza e della Brianza	Lombardia
Napoli	Campania	83	77	82	98	103	80	88	99	84	92	82
Novara	Piemonte	93	85	61	70	53	53	55	61	57	59	56
Nuoro	Sardegna	88	87	79	71	81	71	83	94	93	99	86
Ogliastra	Sardegna								101	86	95	96
Olbia-Tempio	Sardegna								60	47	55	31
Oristano	Sardegna	78	73	94	88	97	92	91	77	82	98	80
Padova	Veneto	94	91	93	92	90	89	90	93	100	90	97
Palermo	Sicilia	89	90	95	89	93	97	97	91	95	102	98
Parma	Emilia-Romagna	8	12	11	4	10	12	15	10	6	8	14
Pavia	Lombardia	29	24	43	30	34	28	29	28	20	28	29
Perugia	Umbria	13	11	9	13	17	14	31	34	32	49	37
Pesaro e Urbino	Marche	72	78	60	67	63	79	72	79	80	83	74
Pescara	Abruzzo	19	29	30	16	26	31	26	41	56	54	83
Piacenza	Emilia-Romagna	30	38	39	35	38	34	34	25	21	26	28
Pisa	Toscana	45	45	36	34	30	46	44	35	39	46	54
Pistoia	Toscana	38	49	48	95	54	37	43	39	50	64	75
Pordenone	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	80	82	83	75	64	77	76	85	81	71	70
Potenza	Basilicata	50	57	51	51	67	51	59	48	54	44	53
Prato	Toscana	34	39	34	44	50	49	45	57	49	48	36
Ragusa	Sicilia	76	53	70	68	76	86	33	90	76	74	69
Ravenna	Emilia-Romagna	27	21	23	21	18	24	30	33	42	30	41
Reggio di Calabria	Calabria	87	93	99	94	91	94	93	88	98	97	92
Reggio nell'Emilia	Emilia-Romagna	43	48	41	45	45	40	42	31	62	51	40
Rieti	Lazio	41	42	20	37	31	26	36	45	18	21	35
Rimini	Emilia-Romagna	23	44	49	55	41	52	66	46	61	76	57
Roma	Lazio	26	22	16	12	21	19	18	22	13	32	27
Rovigo	Veneto	70	74	81	77	78	78	73	75	74	75	84
Salerno	Campania	66	70	68	82	102	72	92	67	67	58	71
Sassari	Sardegna	86	89	80	79	79	66	79	70	79	78	107
Savona	Liguria	33	50	33	39	39	30	28	30	26	33	26
Siena	Toscana	11	19	27	15	35	56	23	11	25	12	13
Siracusa	Sicilia	35	33	46	41	42	50	62	69	37	39	42
Sondrio	Lombardia	92	101	100	99	99	98	99	103	96	101	101
Taranto	Puglia	25	13	25	5	7	16	13	20	23	41	39
Teramo	Abruzzo	55	56	58	36	49	54	51	29	55	23	52
Terni	Umbria	39	35	12	10	14	18	14	21	29	27	21
Torino	Piemonte	28	14	15	17	20	15	19	14	14	11	18
Trapani	Sicilia	99	98	101	96	84	103	103	107	107	107	88
Trento	Trentino-Alto Adige	97	92	89	84	86	84	80	76	88	85	85
Treviso	Veneto	96	95	90	87	88	93	95	92	97	93	91
Trieste	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	22	23	19	46	27	38	32	50	17	35	19
Udine	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	63	71	76	65	72	59	78	71	77	61	55
Valle d'Aosta	Valle d'Aosta	36	34	35	32	29	41	57	51	10	56	65
Varese	Lombardia	74	81	77	78	70	74	71	73	69	73	76
Venezia	Veneto	73	75	69	69	83	81	81	89	83	79	60
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	Piemonte	1	1	72	40	77	57	50	53	52	57	79
Vercelli	Piemonte	14	20	13	25	23	23	24	24	44	6	22
Verona	Veneto	95	96	97	85	87	90	87	78	94	94	89
Vibo Valentia	Calabria	68	80	85	90	95	69	82	65	60	65	46
Vicenza	Veneto	100	99	98	100	98	99	100	98	104	103	99
Viterbo	Lazio	42	52	65	38	25	11	21	32	15	24	32

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PROVINCE	REGION	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	PROVINCE
Agrigento	Sicilia																				11.3	10.7	9.3	11.2	11.9	10.6	9.2	10.3	9.1	10.1	11.1															Agrigento
Alessandria	Piemonte																				8.6	9.4	24.9	26.1	25.5	25.3	24.3	23.1	22.9	21.6	20.0															Alessandria
Ancona	Marche																				18.1	18.5	18.2	17.4	17.8	17.3	16.3	16.4	16.2	14.5	13.9															Ancona
Arezzo	Toscana																				21.9	21.9	20.1	21.0	21.8	19.3	21.2	18.2	18.8	18.2	16.5															Arezzo
Ascoli Piceno	Marche																				16.0	14.8	24.7	24.7	26.6	24.0	25.7	23.3	24.4	23.4	23.1															Ascoli Piceno
Asti	Piemonte																				18.1	17.4	21.8	21.2	21.1	21.1	22.4	22.0	19.6	20.3	18.4															Asti
Avellino	Campania																				21.6	22.0	22.0	16.6	18.9	20.6	19.5	18.9	18.0	17.3	19.2															Avellino
Bari	Puglia																				28.3	26.8	26.5	31.2	29.8	29.5	29.0	23.7	22.2	21.6	21.6															Bari
Barletta-Andria-Trani	Puglia	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x																							Barletta-Andria-Trani
Belluno	Veneto																				16.3	14.0	14.3	13.8	14.3	14.6	14.4	13.6	15.4	15.0	13.6															Belluno
Benevento	Campania																				19.7	18.1	18.7	7.3	16.5	19.6	18.8	18.5	17.4	17.8	16.4															Benevento
Bergamo	Lombardia																				14.7	14.3	13.9	14.4	14.9	14.6	14.0	13.6	14.8	13.3	12.9															Bergamo
Biella	Piemonte																				31.3	28.0	21.7	21.9	20.3	22.0	19.9	19.0	18.2	15.6	16.8															Biella
Bologna	Emilia-Romagna																				24.8	23.9	23.0	22.5	22.2	21.8	21.9	19.9	19.2	19.6	19.0										15.1					Bologna
Bolzano-Bozen	Trentino-Alto Adige			14.6																	10.1	9.5	9.4	10.0	10.2	9.3	9.6	8.9	9.7	9.0	9.5	10.1	10.0	8.8	10.3	8.7	8.8	9.6	9.0	9.2	9.1	9.5	8.9	9.8		Bolzano-Bozen
Brescia	Lombardia																				17.7	17.1	17.2	16.4	17.3	17.0	16.5	16.0	15.4	15.3	14.8															Brescia
Brindisi	Puglia																				25.1	26.0	23.6	23.2	23.5	24.1	23.0	22.4	21.6	20.6	20.3															Brindisi
Cagliari	Sardegna																				17.3	19.0	16.4	15.5	15.5	15.3	15.6	14.4	14.3	14.0	12.1															Cagliari
Caltanissetta	Sicilia																				16.0	13.3	13.8	13.6	13.2	9.7	10.4	11.5	12.2	12.7	12.3															Caltanissetta
Campobasso	Molise																				22.8	22.6	19.9	21.9	19.2	19.9	18.5	21.6	19.1	19.1	20.5															Campobasso
Carbonia-Iglesias	Sardegna	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x						14.1	12.1	12.8	11.6															Carbonia-Iglesias
Caserta	Campania																				16.2	15.8	14.7	15.7	6.3	14.2	16.6	10.2	15.8	14.8	14.4															Caserta
Catania	Sicilia																				17.9	17.7	16.8	16.6	16.5	15.2	13.8	11.0	15.4	13.0	12.6															Catania
Catanzaro	Calabria																				19.8	20.3	15.8	17.9	15.9	16.6	16.8	16.5	16.5	17.6	17.6															Catanzaro
Chieti	Abruzzo			26.9																	20.2	20.6	19.2	18.6	19.2	20.9	18.6	17.5	17.1	19.7	15.2	19.9	20.8	20.5	17.2	20.8	14.4									Chieti
Como	Lombardia																				16.3	14.8	14.0	16.4	16.0	14.9	14.3	14.2	13.4	13.4	12.4															Como
Cosenza	Calabria																				21.4	21.9	20.5	19.0	17.3	18.2	18.1	17.9	17.6	18.0	16.6															Cosenza
Cremona	Lombardia																				18.6	18.5	16.3	19.6	19.8	20.1	18.3	18.3	17.8	17.0	17.0															Cremona
Crotone	Calabria																				14.6	17.5	14.2	14.7	12.8	13.5	13.0	14.1	13.9	13.8	15.1															Crotone
Cuneo	Piemonte																				16.7	16.2	16.0	17.7	16.2	16.3	16.6	16.7	15.6	15.7	15.2															Cuneo
Enna	Sicilia																				18.4	17.7	16.0	17.1	18.5	17.3	15.2	15.0	13.3	12.2	11.1															Enna
Fermo	Marche	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x																							Fermo
Ferrara	Emilia-Romagna																				25.6	25.3	24.5	22.3	23.1	23.2	23.5	22.7	22.4	20.5	20.5										16.9					Ferrara
Firenze	Toscana																				19.7	20.4	18.6	18.2	17.3	16.9	17.8	18.0	18.9	18.6	18.1															Firenze
Foggia	Puglia																				24.6	22.5	23.6	25.4	24.2	25.5	25.6	23.7	23.1	21.3	20.6															Foggia
Forl�	Emilia-Romagna																				19.4	17.8	17.6	18.1	17.4	16.0	16.8	15.8	15.5	13.6	14.9										7.1					Forl�
Frosinone	Lazio																				19.2	18.3	17.4	17.5	15.9	16.1	15.5	12.5	13.9	13.9	14.3	10.4	9.9	10.2	10.7	10.2	9.8									Frosinone
Genova	Liguria																				26.9	26.3	25.7	24.7	26.0	26.1	24.5	23.7	23.1	20.9	20.7															Genova
Gorizia	Friuli-Venezia Giulia																				20.9	15.9	19.5	18.2	16.4	17.7	17.3	15.1	16.6	16.5	14.5															Gorizia
Grosseto	Toscana																				27.0	27.1	22.7	23.0	20.0	20.6	21.0	21.8	19.2	18.3	21.2															Grosseto
Imperia	Liguria																				23.7	24.1	23.1	25.0	24.2	24.0	21.5	24.4	20.0	20.5	21.1															Imperia
Isernia	Molise																				24.0	22.9	20.3	19.6	18.5	22.4	27.0	16.9	18.4	16.5	19.2															Isernia
L'Aquila	Abruzzo			16.9																	24.1	23.6	20.7	22.8	20.3	19.8	19.6	21.2	19.5	21.9	19.8	19.1	18.5	18.3	16.1	20.0	18.0									L'Aquila
La Spezia	Liguria																				28.3	26.7	26.2	26.6	26.4	24.1	24.1	21.7	21.6	22.8	21.7															La Spezia
Latina	Lazio																				18.8	17.1	18.2	18.7	18.9	20.9	19.5	19.2	19.5	17.8	16.8	15.8	14.6	14.4	14.8	14.9	14.4									Latina
Lecce	Puglia																				24.7	24.0	25.0	22.1	22.8	22.0	22.5	22.2	19.3	19.7	19.9															Lecce
Lecco	Lombardia																				13.2	12.6	13.2	12.5	13.7	13.8	12.7	12.2	11.8	11.6	10.5															Lecco
Livorno	Toscana																				25.6	26.5	24.7	24.0	23.3	24.1	24.2	21.7	20.4	20.0	21.4															Livorno
Lodi	Lombardia																				16.9	17.9	17.0	17.2	16.3	17.3	16.3	17.1	16.0	15.5	14.3															Lodi
Lucca	Toscana																				21.0	21.4	20.7	18.7	19.3	19.4	19.5	18.3	18.4	15.4	17.4															Lucca
Macerata	Marche																				18.3	17.4	18.0	18.9	18.0	18.0	16.3	16.4	16.1	16.4	14.7															Macerata
Mantova	Lombardia																				19.4	17.7	16.7	17.2	19.0	18.6	18.8	17.6	16.2	15.7	15.0															Mantova
Massa-Carrara	Toscana																				27.6	27.8	26.2	22.2	24.8	25.3	25.6	23.6	23.5	20.7	21.9															Massa-Carrara
Matera	Basilicata																				21.1	20.7	21.5	17.9	18.3	19.1	18.0	17.2	19.7	18.5	18.2															Matera
Medio Campidano	Sardegna	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x						12.5	12.0	10.2	10.7															Medio Campidano
Messina	Sicilia																				20.8	20.3	18.9	18.4	16.9	17.6	16.4	14.4	14.4	14.3	13.3															Messina
Milano	Lombardia																				24.5	22.7	24.1	22.1	23.4	22.9	25.4	24.6	23.2	21.7	21.2															Milano
Modena	Emilia-Romagna																				22.9	21.1	21.1	22.1	22.0	21.3	19.6	19.8	19.4	18.0	17.3										15.7					Modena
Monza e della Brianza	Lombardia	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x																							Monza e della Brianza
Napoli	Campania																				16.2	15.9	15.2	12.3	5.0	15.7	13.8	11.6	14.4	12.6	13.3															Napoli
Novara	Piemonte																				13.9	14.4	17.5	16.8	18.4	18.8	17.9	16.6	16.7	15.7	15.4															Novara
Nuoro	Sardegna																				15.0	14.2	15.7	16.8	15.0	16.5	14.4	12.7	13.2	11.6	13.0															Nuoro
Ogliastra	Sardegna	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x						11.2	14.3	12.2	12.1															Ogliastra
Olbia-Tempio	Sardegna	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x						16.7	17.7	16.2	18.4															Olbia-Tempio
Oristano	Sardegna																				16.4	16.2	13.3	14.0	11.7	14.1	13.7	14.7	14.4	12.2	13.5															Oristano
Padova	Veneto																				13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.4	14.3	13.7	12.8	12.1	12.7	12.0															Padova
Palermo	Sicilia																				14.9	13.9	13.3	13.9	12.9	12.9	12.4	13.0	13.2	11.4	11.8															Palermo
Parma	Emilia-Romagna																				26.1	24.9	24.5	26.0	23.6	23.5	22.6	22.6	22.9	21.4	20.3										16.4					Parma
Pavia	Lombardia																				23.1	22.9	20.1	21.7	20.3	21.3	20.3	19.7	19.9	18.8	18.6															Pavia
Perugia	Umbria																				25.0	25.2	24.6	23.5	22.5	23.2	20.2	19.4	19.2	16.7	17.7															Perugia
Pesaro e Urbino	Marche																				17.0	15.8	17.6	17.1	16.8	15.8	16.2	14.4	14.7	13.7	14.1															Pesaro e Urbino
Pescara	Abruzzo			39.0																	24.3	22.2	21.6	23.1	21.5	21.0	21.1	18.3	16.8	16.4	13.3	15.9	17.6	16.1	16.2	14.7	16.5									Pescara
Piacenza	Emilia-Romagna																				23.0	21.1	20.5	20.8	19.8	20.7	20.0	20.3	19.9	18.9	18.6										14.6					Piacenza
Pisa	Toscana																				21.2	20.4	20.7	20.9	20.7	19.4	19.1	19.3	18.6	17.1	15.8															Pisa
Pistoia	Toscana																				21.8	20.0	19.3	13.1	18.4	20.5	19.1	18.9	17.5	15.6	14.1															Pistoia
Pordenone	Friuli-Venezia Giulia																				16.3	15.1	14.9	16.4	16.7	16.0	15.4	13.9	14.6	14.6	14.4															Pordenone
Potenza	Basilicata																				20.7	18.4	19.1	18.7	16.5	18.9	17.2	18.0	17.1	17.5	16.2															Potenza
Prato	Toscana																				22.2	21.1	21.0	19.3	18.6	19.0	19.0	17.0	17.6	16.9	17.7															Prato
Ragusa	Sicilia																				16.7	18.6	16.5	17.0	15.9	14.8	20.0	13.2	15.4	14.5	14.4															Ragusa
Ravenna	Emilia-Romagna																				23.4	23.3	22.8	22.3	22.3	21.9	20.3	19.4	18.3	18.6	17.4										9.3					Ravenna
Reggio di Calabria	Calabria																				15.3	13.4	11.8	13.3	13.3	13.9	13.1	13.4	12.2	12.2	12.4															Reggio di Calabria
Reggio nell'Emilia	Emilia-Romagna																				21.4	20.1	20.3	19.2	19.2	20.0	19.1	19.5	16.4	16.5	17.5										15.6					Reggio nell'Emilia
Rieti	Lazio																				21.6	20.5	23.2	20.2	20.5	21.6	19.9	18.2	20.0	19.7	18.1	17.4	14.7	14.6	13.7	15.1	13.8									Rieti
Rimini	Emilia-Romagna																				23.8	20.4	19.2	18.2	19.3	18.8	16.4	18.1	16.4	14.4	15.3										10.3					Rimini
Roma	Lazio																				23.5	23.3	23.7	23.8	22.1	22.6	22.3	21.5	21.4	18.5	18.7	17.9	17.1	17.6	17.1	16.8	16.5									Roma
Rovigo	Veneto																				17.3	16.1	15.4	16.1	15.7	15.8	15.7	14.9	15.4	14.4	13.2															Rovigo
Salerno	Campania																				18.0	16.8	16.7	15.4	6.0	16.4	13.4	16.0	15.8	15.8	14.4															Salerno
Sassari	Sardegna																				15.9	13.9	15.6	15.7	15.6	17.2	15.1	15.1	14.8	14.2	9.0															Sassari
Savona	Liguria																				22.7	19.9	21.0	19.9	19.7	21.1	20.6	19.7	19.6	18.4	18.9															Savona
Siena	Toscana																				25.3	23.5	21.8	23.1	20.1	18.4	21.3	22.5	19.6	20.8	20.4															Siena
Siracusa	Sicilia																				22.1	21.7	19.8	19.7	19.2	19.0	16.8	15.8	18.8	17.9	17.4															Siracusa
Sondrio	Lombardia																				14.0	9.9	10.8	12.1	11.4	11.6	10.3	10.5	12.9	11.6	11.6															Sondrio
Taranto	Puglia																				23.6	24.1	22.5	25.4	24.4	23.0	23.0	21.6	19.7	17.8	17.6															Taranto
Teramo	Abruzzo			16.1																	19.7	18.5	17.7	20.7	18.7	18.8	18.4	19.7	16.9	19.2	16.3	12.3	12.0	14.8	11.4	12.9	12.8									Teramo
Terni	Umbria																				21.7	21.5	24.5	24.1	23.1	22.9	22.7	21.6	19.5	18.9	19.6															Terni
Torino	Piemonte																				23.4	24.1	23.9	23.1	22.2	23.2	22.0	22.0	20.9	20.8	19.8															Torino
Trapani	Sicilia																				12.1	12.4	9.6	12.6	14.5	8.7	7.3	5.9	7.8	7.6	12.8															Trapani
Trento	Trentino-Alto Adige			22.4																	13.5	13.7	14.0	14.5	14.1	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.1	13.6	13.1	14.3	14.7	14.5	13.5	13.5	13.1	12.9	13.6	12.8	12.9	12.2	11.9	12.3	13.7	Trento
Treviso	Veneto																				13.7	12.9	14.0	14.2	13.7	14.0	12.9	12.9	12.6	12.5	12.4															Treviso
Trieste	Friuli-Venezia Giulia																				23.9	23.0	23.2	19.0	21.2	20.3	20.1	17.8	20.4	18.2	19.8															Trieste
Udine	Friuli-Venezia Giulia																				18.1	16.5	15.9	17.2	16.0	18.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.7	15.6															Udine
Valle d'Aosta	Valle d'Aosta	37.0	42.0	39.0	39.7	40.4	40.8	37.9	34.6	32.2	33.0	24.7	27.5	25.6	26.5	20.9	18.7	22.9	23.6	21.9	22.1	21.6	20.9	21.2	20.9	20.0	17.7	17.6	21.8	16.0	14.7	16.2	17.6	17.3	19.2	15.7	15.7	16.1	16.0	14.5	15.7	13.6	13.7	15.9		Valle d'Aosta
Varese	Lombardia																				16.9	15.5	15.8	15.7	16.2	16.1	16.3	15.0	15.6	14.5	14.1															Varese
Venezia	Veneto																				16.9	15.9	16.5	16.8	14.8	15.4	14.7	13.3	14.4	14.1	15.1															Venezia
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	Piemonte																				43.3	42.7	16.3	19.7	15.9	18.4	18.4	17.5	17.3	15.8	13.5															Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Vercelli	Piemonte																				25.0	23.5	24.1	22.1	22.0	21.9	21.2	21.0	18.2	21.6	19.4															Vercelli
Verona	Veneto																				13.7	12.7	12.9	14.4	14.1	14.3	13.9	14.5	13.2	12.4	12.7															Verona
Vibo Valentia	Calabria																				17.7	15.8	14.3	13.9	12.3	16.9	14.6	16.3	16.4	15.6	16.9															Vibo Valentia
Vicenza	Veneto																				11.8	11.3	11.9	11.6	11.6	11.6	10.3	11.6	11.7	10.9	11.7															Vicenza
Viterbo	Lazio																				21.4	18.8	16.9	19.9	21.5	23.8	21.7	19.5	20.8	19.1	18.3	14.8	13.4	15.7	16.6	13.1	12.9									Viterbo
ITALY		21.9	25.5	26.5	27.2	27.5	25.6	25.0	24.1	23.1	22.5	21.5	21.8	20.6	20.5	19.9	19.6	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.0	19.3	19.1	18.7	17.7	18.7	18.0	17.3	17.2	16.3	16.1	17.1	16.9	16.7	16.7	16.3	15.3	15.2	15.0	14.8	14.8	14.1	13.7	14.3		ITALY