English publications
13 publications
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Young children from low-income households are more exposed to air pollution, more vulnerable and therefore more affected by air pollution
A study of air pollution-related health inequalities in young children shows that, in addition to differences in exposure that disadvantage young children from the richest and poorest households, there are large differences in vulnerability to air pollution that disadvantage the poorest.
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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
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Chronic diseases more often affect those on low incomes and more significantly reduce their life expectancy
Between 2016 and 2017, the poorest 10% in France more often developed a chronic disease than the wealthiest 10%, with comparable age and sex: 2.8 times more cases of diabetes, 2.2 times more liver or pancreatic diseases, 2.0 times more psychiatric conditions, 1.6 times more chronic respiratory diseases, 1.5 times more neurological or degenerative diseases and 1.4 times more cardiovascular diseases[...]