Key Points

• Météo-France issued an orange alert for 12 departments on July 22, 2019.

• Total healthcare utilization: Increase between July 21, 2019, and July 22, 2019, in emergency room visits for all causes (age 75 and older) and hospitalizations following emergency room visits for all causes (age 75 and older).

• Healthcare utilization for the iCanicule composite indicator: Increase between July 21, 2019, and July 22, 2019, in the proportion of hospitalizations following visits due to iCanicule among coded hospitalizations (age 75 and older and all ages), the proportion of hospitalizations following visits due to iCanicule among all visits due to iCanicule (age 75 and older and all ages), the proportion of emergency department visits due to iCanicule among all coded visits (age 75 and older and all ages), and the proportion of SOS Médecins procedures due to iCanicule among all coded procedures (all ages).