English publications
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Hospitalisations for self-harm in France: an unprecedented increase among adolescent girls and young women in 2021 and 2022
Over the past fifteen years, the number of hospital admissions for self-harm (including attempted suicide and self-inflicted injuries) has shown markedly different trends based on age and gender.. Among young women aged 10 to 24, these admissions have risen sharply since late 2020. Conversely, for individuals aged 30 to 55, both for men and for women, the number of such admissions has steadily[...]
- Health care system
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COVID-19: third leading cause of death in France in 2020, while other major causes of death decline
In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in 69,000 deaths in France (10.4% of deaths), making it the third leading cause of death for that year. Just over half of the COVID-19 victims were 85 years old or above, with men who died of COVID-19 being younger, on average, than women. The most common causes of death in 2020 were still tumours (25.6%) and cardiovascular diseases (20.2%). However, the[...]
- Health care system