Summary

In Week 43 (October 22–28), the first week of school vacation, activity at SOS Médecins clinics declined among children aged 2–14 (-18%, or 3,118 fewer visits) and, to a lesser extent, among adults aged 15–74 (-5%), while it rose slightly (+4%) among children under 2 and adults aged 75 and older.

Visits related to non-specific indicators were all down or stable across all age groups.

Among seasonal indicators, there was an increase in visits for pneumonia (+17%, or +58 visits) across all age groups except for those aged 15–74. There was an increase in visits among children under 2 years of age for upper respiratory tract conditions and bronchiolitis (+7%, or +223 and +20 visits, respectively) and among those aged 75 and older and those aged 2–14 for bronchitis (+15% and +5%, or +61 and +47 visits, respectively). Additionally, there was an increase in visits for gastroenteritis among those aged 75 and older (+26%, or +39 visits) and infectious conjunctivitis (+22%, or +35 visits) among children under 2 years of age.

Among the most common conditions, there was an increase in visits for urinary tract infections (+16%), low back pain/sciatica (+9%), and deaths (+7%) among those aged 75 and older.