In week 37 (September 9–15, 2019), total emergency department activity and hospitalizations following visits rose sharply (+23%, or +15,478 visits, and +20%, or +1,216 hospitalizations, respectively) among children, remained stable among those aged 15–74, and increased slightly among those aged 75 and older (+4% and +6%, respectively).

This second week after the start of the school year was marked by a sharp increase in respiratory conditions among children: asthma (+196%, or +1,437 visits), ENT infections (+77%, or +3,349 visits), acute bronchitis (+109%, or +122 visits), and bronchiolitis in children under 2 years of age (+125%, or +287 cases).

To a lesser extent, an increase is also noted among children for nonspecific indicators: isolated fever (+14%), allergies (+11%), malaise in 2- to 14-year-olds (+33%), vomiting in children under 2 years of age (+28%), and nonspecific abdominal pain in children aged 2–14 (+19%, or +360 visits).
The share of activity for these indicators in total activity remains comparable to that typically observed in previous years during the same period.

Among the most common conditions, there was an increase in visits for trauma (+21%) and neurological problems (+28%) among children aged 2–14.