Infants die more in Ile-de-France than in other regions of metropolitan France. This is the alarming finding of research conducted by the Regional Health Observatory (ORS), published this Friday, June 23, and discussed exclusively Le Figaro. According to scientists, infant deaths in the Ile-de-France region account for a quarter (25.2%) of all deaths in children under one year of age throughout France. Almost half of them (47.8%) die within the first week of life.
These numbers, which have been increasing for more than ten years, come after a significant decline between 2000 and 2003, followed by a period of stagnation between 2003 and 2011. Since then, infant mortality has increased tenfold on the Île-de-France. France (+1.2% p.a.) than nationally (+0.11% p.a.).
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Ile-de-France has a higher infant mortality rate than mainland France. See Civil Status Data, ORS-IDF Operation
To reach this conclusion, the scientists behind the study worked with annual vital statistics data published…
Source: Le Figaro
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