Summary In Week 4 (January 21–27, 2019), emergency department visits and hospitalizations following visits increased among children under 2 years of age (up 11%, or 3,036 visits, and up...

Summary Nationally, all-cause mortality across all age groups has risen gradually since the start of the year and is higher than in the first two weeks of 2019 (December 31 to January...

Summary Nationally, the number of deaths occurring during the second week of 2019 (January 7–13, 2019) remains within the usual range of fluctuation across all age groups, with the...

Established in partnership with Santé publique France, the Collège de France’s Chair in Public Health is designed to promote excellence in research and intellectual debate at the highest...

In 2017, according to data from the Santé publique France Barometer, the number of daily smokers had fallen by one million in just one year. This historic decline comes amid a strong...

Key Points In 2017, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region had 1.1 million daily smokers aged 18 to 75, with a standardized prevalence of daily smokers of 28.1%. The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region...

Key Points The prevalence of daily smoking in Normandy is comparable to that of other regions: in 2017, the Normandy region had approximately 600,000 daily smokers aged 18 to 75. With...

Key Points In 2017: the standardized prevalence of daily smoking in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region stood at 32.2% among 18- to 75-year-olds and was significantly higher...