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Excess all-cause mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in France, March to May 2020
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAnne Fouilletanne.fouillet santepubliquefrance.fr
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Citation style for this article: . Excess all-cause mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in France, March to May 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25(34):pii=2001485. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2001485 Received: 03 Aug 2020; Accepted: 26 Aug 2020
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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