2023-04-16 16:03:00
More than 660,000 people died in France in 2022. The causes vary according to gender and age.
cancers in men
According to’Insee667,000 people died in France during the year 2022. Data on the mortality and the causes of death are analyzed and compiled by the Epidemiology Center on the medical causes of death (Inserm-CépiDc). As reported Current wife, cancer is the leading cause of death in men in France. In 2020, 95,562 men lost their lives due to tumors (mostly cancerous). Lung, colorectal and prostate cancers are the deadliest in men. Public Health France clarified that the major causes are tobacco and alcohol with respectively 29% and 8.5% causing new cases of male cancers. They are followed by diet and certain occupational exposures.
And in women?
For women, diseases of the circulatory system are the main causes of death. A total of 71,133 women died of heart disease in 2020. Myocardial infarction is the leading cause ahead of stroke. “Cardiovascular diseases kill 6 times more than breast cancer and, today, more than 11% of women victims of a heart attack are under 50 years old“, noted the French federation of cardiology. Cancers represent the second cause of death in women with 75,444 deaths in 2020. Breast, colorectal and lung cancers are the deadliest.
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