MORTALITY DUE TO INFECTIOUS-DISEASES IN F RANCE

Authors
JOUGLA E HATTON F LETOULLEC A
Citation
E. Jougla et al., MORTALITY DUE TO INFECTIOUS-DISEASES IN F RANCE, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 27, 1997, pp. 492-495
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
27
Year of publication
1997
Pages
492 - 495
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1997)27:<492:MDTIIF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The aim of this study is to measure the impact of Infectious diseases on the level of mortality in France. Data is based on national statist ics on causes of death (underlying cause but also direct and associate d causes fur each death). In 1994, 59,000 deaths were related to an in fections disease (35,000 as underlying cause). The study concludes on a large surmortality for males, the progression in death rate over 10 pears (especially among males and aged population) and wide geographic al discrepancies.