Objectives - In 2003, the surveillance system for notifiable diseases underwent significant changes, with enhanced protection of individual anonymity, to facilitate the introduction of...

To monitor the main community-acquired invasive bacterial infections in France, volunteer hospital laboratory scientists from the Epibac network report to the InVS cases of bacteremia...

Introduction - Few studies have been published on sexual minorities—lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender individuals—who remain poorly understood, even though knowledge about the male...

SARS, heat waves, avian flu, bioterrorism—health risks seem to have taken on a previously unimagined scale in recent years. France, in particular, experienced a tumultuous 2003 in...

This study describes a national survey estimating the number and characteristics of anesthesia-related deaths. Method—Death certificates from 1999 were selected using ICD codes and...

Introduction - The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of current use of legal drugs (alcohol and tobacco) and illicit drugs in the French civilian maritime sector...

Introduction - Drawing on a particularly rich dataset, this article describes social inequalities in cancer mortality and their changes over time in France. Methods - The data are...

In France, obesity rates among both women and men have risen sharply since 1981, with the trend accelerating since the 1990s. This trend affects both young and older people. However,...

The Francim network has produced national estimates of cancer incidence, followed by estimates of incidence in the various metropolitan areas. The purpose of this technical note is to...