Excess all-cause mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in France, March to May 2020
Anne Fouillet, Isabelle Pontais, Céline Caserio‐Schönemann
Abstract
Through a weekly all-cause mortality surveillance system, we observed in France a major all-cause excess mortality from March to May 2020, concomitant with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic. The excess mortality was 25,030 deaths, mainly among elderly people. Five metropolitan regions were the most affected, particularly Île-de-France and the Grand-Est regions. Assessing the excess mortality related to COVID-19 is complex because of the potential protective effect of the lockdown period on other causes of mortality.
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Excess mortalityCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)DemographyMortality rateMedicineMetropolitan areaConcomitantDiseaseVirologyOutbreakInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologySociologyClimate Change and Health ImpactsCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsGlobal Health Care Issues