On average between 2020 and 2024, the number of people killed per départements (counties) varies from 5 in the Territoire de Belfort to 101 in the Bouches-du-Rhône. In mainland France, the annual average per counties is 31 and the median is 29. In 64 counties, the number of deaths is between 15 and 40. Among the extreme values, 11 counties have a mortality rate of less than 15 people killed (counties with low population density). At the other end of the spectrum, 21 counties recorded more than 40 people killed; these are often counties with a strong urban component.
During the period 2020-2024, there were an average of 46 people killed per million inhabitants in metropolitan France. The lowest rates were observed in Île-de-France, with 13 killed per million inhabitants in Hauts-de-Seine, 15 in Val-de-Marne, 16 in Seine-Saint-Denis, 19 in Paris, 22 in Val d'Oise and 26 in Essonne, with Seine-et-Marne being the exception with an average of 41 deaths per million inhabitants during the period. The highest rates were in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (97 deaths per million inhabitants in Nièvre, 98 in Jura) and in the south of mainland France (88 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 93 in Haute-Corse).
Between 2020 and 2024 still, the mortality rate for 18-24 year olds relative to the population in this age group varied between 23 deaths per million inhabitants in Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis and 285 in the Hautes-Alpes. In total, 49 of the 96 metropolitan counties have a rate of deaths per million inhabitants in this age group of between 100 and 200, and 11 counties have a rate of over 200.
Mortality among people aged 65 and over shows less variation, ranging from 17 deaths per million inhabitants in this age group in Seine-Saint-Denis to 128 in Haute-Corse. In 21 of the 96 metropolitan counties, the number of deaths per million inhabitants in this age group was less than 40.
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