Key Points

• Météo-France issued an orange alert for the Vaucluse department on August 8, 2022, and a yellow alert for three departments (Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, and Alpes-Maritimes).

• Total healthcare utilization: No increase in emergency care utilization between July 31, 2022, and August 8, 2022, for all age groups and those aged 75 and older.

• Healthcare utilization for the iCanicule1 composite indicator: An increase between July 31, 2022, and August 8, 2022, in the proportion of SOS Médecins procedures for iCanicule among coded procedures (age 75 and older and all ages), and in the proportion of hospitalizations following iCanicule visits among coded hospitalizations (all ages).