Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin

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Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, June 23, 2026, No. 15

  • Leading Causes of Death and Main Associated Causes in France in 2024

Issues published in 2026

  • Monitoring of Antifungal Prescriptions and Hospital-Acquired Fungal Infections: Data from National Prevalence Surveys in 2017 and 2022 in Healthcare Facilities
  • The diagnostic pathway for autism in children and adolescents: alignment with best practice recommendations
  • Study on the mental health of school-aged youth in Guadeloupe in 2023

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  • Sex Education: Expansion and Diversification of Topics Covered Over the Past Two Decades
  • Sexual Dysfunctions Among Sexually Active Individuals in France and Their Impact on Sexual Satisfaction: Prevalence and Associated Factors
  • Substance use in sexual contexts: understanding the diversity of practices based on the 2023 Survey on Sexualities in France
  • Inequalities in Participation in Cervical Cancer Screening in France: The Role of Sexual Orientation, Sexual Practices, and History of Violence
  • Challenges Posed by Declining Use of Medical Contraception in France

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  • Factors Influencing French General Practitioners’ Decision Not to Offer Vaccinations to Adolescents in 2025: A Qualitative Study
  • The Mental Health of Young Refugees: Social Vulnerability and Mental Health Disorders Among Patients Treated at Comede Between 2015 and 2025
  • Incidence and Profile of Cancers in Wallis and Futuna, 2020–2024

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  • Assessing the Complexity of Pediatric Obesity Using Multidimensional Scores to Facilitate the Grading of Care
  • Tuberculosis in Seine-Saint-Denis: Incidence and the Role of the Tuberculosis Control Center in Case Investigations from 2018 to 2023

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  • Occupational Exposure of Construction and Public Works Workers in 2019 in Metropolitan France, Estimated Using the Job-Exposure Matrices from the Matgéné Program
  • Hidden Out-of-Pocket Costs for Health-Related Expenses Among People with Chronic Illnesses, Disabilities, or Loss of Independence: Observations and Implications Based on 3,100 Healthcare System Users Recruited Through a Nonprofit Organization

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  • Talking About One’s Distress or Psychological Difficulties: Results of the CoviPrev Survey, May 2022–September 2023

  • Investigation of an unexplained collective syndrome in a residential care facility: a multidisciplinary approach and lessons learned

  • Epidemiology of colorectal cancer in French Guiana from 2003 to 2017: a descriptive and spatial analysis based on data from the Cancer Registry

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  • Tobacco Price Increases: Opinions and Motivation Among French Smokers to Quit in 2022

  • Use of Colonoscopy Following a Positive Screening Test: Analysis of Delays and Factors Associated with Non-Completion in Metropolitan France Between 2016 and 2020

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  • Diabetes-Related Foot Complications: A Preventable Burden

  • Diabetes-related foot complications in France: the situation isn’t improving!

  • Hospitalizations for foot complications among people with diabetes in France: trends from 2012 to 2022 and the use of preventive measures

  • The Care Pathway for People Living with Diabetes in Réunion, Eight Years Before Their Amputation in 2021

  • The patient experience with diabetes-related foot ulcers: a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews

  • Impact of social inequalities and inequalities in access to care on the incidence and prognosis of foot ulcers among people living with diabetes

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Colorectal Cancer: Prevention, Screening, and Care in the Regions

  • Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Screening: Necessary Improvements Across All Regions

  • The Role of Nutritional Factors in Colorectal Cancer Prevention: Levels of Evidence and Future Directions

  • Ten Years of Colorectal Cancer Screening Using the Immunochemical Fecal Test in Île-de-France, 2015–2024: Trends, Equity, and Lessons for the Future

  • Sensitivity of the immunological test in detecting invasive cancers as part of the colorectal cancer screening program in Isère (2015–2018)

  • Delays in initiating treatment for patients in the Vendée region with colon or rectal cancer, based on data from the Loire-Atlantique and Vendée Cancer Registry (2009–2019)

  • Characteristics of colorectal cancers in the very elderly in Hérault: a population-based registry study—incidence, stage, treatment, and survival, with trends from 1988 to 2022

  • Functional sequelae following rectal cancer surgery

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  • Mental Health Inequalities in the General Population of the Cayenne Metropolitan Area in French Guiana

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  • Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Among Men and Women Who Use Crack in Paris (ANRS-Icone 2 Study): The Need to Adapt Healthcare Services

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