Citation

Catteau C, Bazély P, Nartz. Espace-Populations-Societes 2004; (2): 397-413.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004)

DOI

10.4000/eps.281

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Health conditions have substantially improved over recent decades. Life expectancy at birth has progressed rapidly over the last twenty years and is close to the national average, but Reunion Island still lags worryingly behind. The DOM experience specific health problems which could ultimately, and particularly in the case of Reunion, slow this progress. Some diseases are virtually unknown in metropolitan France, others present different prevalence rates in the DOM. In the French Caribbean and Guyana, infectious and transmittable diseases play a greater role in morbidity and mortality than in metropolitan France. In Reunion Island, life-style diseases (notably those linked to alcohol consumption), diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and violent deaths are high. The island is relatively unaffected by the Aids epidemic. However it is the DOM with the highest suicide rate. Considerable differences are observed between female and male morbidity and mortality rates.

Language: fr

Keywords

Mortality; Morbidity; Europe; Gender differences; France; cause of death; mortality; life expectancy; morbidity; comparative study; Reunion; Reunion Island; Western Europe; Eurasia; Eastern Hemisphere; World; Atlantic islands; Atlantic Ocean; Caribbean Islands; Excess mortality; French Guiana; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean islands; Mascarene Islands; oceanic regions; South America; Western Hemisphere