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Table 2.

Excess deaths by place of death, marital status, number of “very hot days” and age - France, August 1st to 20th, 2003.

< 55 years
55–74 years
≥ 75 years
All
O-E O/E [CI(95%)] O-E O/E [CI(95%)] O-E O/E [CI(95%)] O-E O/E [CI(95%)]
Place of death
Home 343 1.3 [1.3; 1.4] 951 1.6 [1.5; 1.7] 3836 1.9 [1.8; 2.0] 5130 1.7 [1.6; 1.8]
Institutions, retirement homes 2 1.2 [0.6; 2.1] 190 1.9 [1.7; 2.2] 2382 1.9 [1.7; 2.1] 2574 1.9 [1.7; 2.1]
Public hospitals 239 1.1 [1.1; 1.2] 1 038 1.3 [1.2; 1.3] 4719 1.6 [1.5; 1.7] 5996 1.5 [1.4; 1.5]
Private hospitals and clinics 24 1.1 [0.9; 1.3] 24 1.0 [0.9; 1.1] 459 1.4 [1.3; 1.5] 507 1.2 [1.1; 1.3]
Street 29 1.1 [1.0; 1.2] 9 1.1 [0.9; 1.3] −7 0.9 [0.7; 1.2] 30 1.1 [1.0; 1.2]
Marital status
Single 434 1.3 [1.2; 1.4] 645 1.8 [1.7; 2.0] 1392 2.1 [0.9; 3.6] 2471 1.7 [1.6; 1.8]
Divorced 124 1.2 [1.1; 1.4] 358 1.5 [1.4; 1.6] 573 2.0 [1.9; 2.3] 1055 1.6 [1.5; 1.7]
Widowed 24 1.4 [1.1; 1.8] 486 1.5 [1.4; 1.6] 7186 1.8 [1.4; 1.6] 7696 1.8 [1.6; 1.9]
Married 211 1.2 [1.1; 1.2] 834 1.2 [1.1; 1.3] 2682 1.5 [1.8; 2.2] 3727 1.3 [1.3; 1.4]
Number of “very hot days”
0–1 day 55 1.1 [1.0; 1.2] 201 1.1 [1.0; 1.2] 1591 1.4 [1.2; 1.5] 1848 1.3 [1.2; 1.4]
2–3 days 125 1.2 [1.1; 1.3] 316 1.2 [1.1; 1.3] 1390 1.4 [1.3; 1.5] 1830 1.3 [1.2; 1.4]
4–7 days 265 1.3 [1.2; 1.4] 694 1.4 [1.3; 1.4] 3500 1.8 [1.7; 1.9] 4459 1.6 [1.5; 1.7]
≥ 8 days 260 1.3 [1.2; 1.4] 1078 1.6 [1.5; 1.7] 5249 2.2 [2.1; 2.4] 6586 2.0 [1.8; 2.1]

Only the deaths for which the place of death or the marital status was available have been included in the table. O: observed number of deaths; E: expected number of deaths; O-E: excess deaths, rounded up to the nearest integer; O/E: mortality ratio; CI (95%): 95% confidence interval

Number of “very hot days”: number of days on which the minimum and maximum temperatures have simultaneously exceeded the corresponding 30 years average by respectively 5°C and 9°C between August 1st and 20th, 2003

Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2006 October; 80(1): 16–24.
Published online 2006 March 8. doi: 10.1007/s00420-006-0089-4.