Overview
- Santé publique France’s provisional estimate identifies 480 excess deaths between June 19 and July 6 during France’s first major heat wave of the summer.
- Individuals aged 75 and older accounted for 410 of the excess deaths, underscoring the heightened vulnerability of the elderly.
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur recorded the highest regional toll with 140 excess fatalities, while Corsica, Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France showed no surplus mortality.
- Excess mortality figures are based on observed deaths compared with a six-year baseline from civil registry data transmitted by about 5,000 communes.
- A full assessment, including heat-attributable mortality for the entire summer, will be published in Santé publique France’s report after September 15.