In 2020, Ile-de-France was the metropolitan region of France the most affected by excess mortality. Concentrated into two periods, this excess mortality rate was particularly high in the spring and less virulent in the autumn.
90,500 inhabitants of Ile-de-France died in 2020, that is an increase of 15,250 compared with the average annual number of deaths between 2015 and 2019.
The health crisis linked to the coronavirus pandemic was particularly deadly in France in 2020. This analysis of deaths registered in the civil register, carried out by Insee and Apur, highlights the excess deaths compared to previous years. This result cannot be attributed solely to Covid-19. Other factors, such as the ageing of the population, restricted access to health care or, conversely, a decrease in road accidents and the professional risks run during lockdown, also play a role in the overall analysis of the death rate.
The most affected areas were often linked to high levels of poverty and more often in the homes of “key workers”, who were more exposed to the Covid-19 virus due to the nature of their work. Even though excess mortality was particularly high among oldest members of the population, people aged from 25 to 64 were also touched by the first wave.
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