SOS Médecins National Newsletter, October 25, 2011.

SOS Médecins' overall activity, across all diagnoses, remains stable nationwide and across different geographic regions, for all age groups.

Among children under 2 years of age, despite a slight increase in the number of calls for respiratory conditions, this indicator remains stable at around 50% of all calls. Bronchiolitis diagnoses for this age group account for 3% of total activity.

Calls for gastroenteritis, across all age groups, have also risen slightly (15% of calls), and diagnoses remain stable at around 5% of SOS Médecins’ total activity.

Asthma diagnoses in children over 2 years of age have remained stable at around 1% of activity for the past three weeks.

The flu indicator remains below 1% of total activity.

Mortality indicators are stable both nationally and across geographic regions.

Diagnoses of nasopharyngitis, otitis, laryngitis, and tonsillitis remain predominant (34%) among children under 15 years of age (graphs not shown).

Publishing year: 26

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