SOS Médecins National Newsletter, January 18, 2011

Between the first two weeks of January, the total volume of activity at SOS Médecins clinics fell by 6%, particularly among adults aged 15 to 74 (-15%). Among children aged 2 to 14, clinic activity increased over the past week.

Over the past week, clinical flu diagnoses continued to rise among children: +28% for those under 5 and +56% for those aged 5–14 compared to the first week of January. Conversely, they are decreasing among adults: -18% among those aged 15–74 and -43% among those over 75. The reasons for calls regarding flu-like symptoms follow the same trend as the diagnoses: an increase among children and a decrease among adults. These reasons account for more than half of the activity at SOS Médecins clinics.

After a sharp decline since the end of 2010, calls for "bronchiolitis and respiratory conditions in infants" among children under 2 years of age have stabilized in recent days across all geographic areas. They account for 35% of SOS Médecins activity for this age group, whereas they accounted for approximately 50% of activity at the peak of the epidemic.

Over the past week, the "gastroenteritis" indicator decreased by 20% compared to the first week of January. This decrease applies to all age groups and is observed across all geographic regions. The number of deaths certified by SOS Médecins associations has decreased over the past week.

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