The increase in the number of deaths of 1.3% between 2019 and 2020 in Brittany is the lowest of the French regions.
- Brittany has recorded 2,273 positive cases of Covid-19 in the past 48 hours.
- The incidence rate of Covid-19 now stands at 202.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (5.8 points) at the regional level, with a positivity rate of 7.52%.
“In this year marked by the Covid-19 health crisis, Brittany is the only region of metropolitan France where life expectancy is not decreasing”, notes INSEE in a new report.
The highest life expectancy is observed in Ille-et-Vilaine
As Covid-19 has been circulating less among Bretons since the start of the health crisis, the age-specific mortality rates calculated in 2020 are very close to those observed in 2019. At the French level, life expectancy fell by 0.3 year for women and 0.6 years for men. The life expectancy of Breton women thus becomes slightly higher than that of all women living in metropolitan France (85.3 years). “On the other hand, the life expectancy of Bretons remains lower by 0.4 years (79.2 years in metropolitan France)”, say the experts.
At the level of the Breton departments, the highest life expectancy is observed in Ille-et-Vilaine. In particular, that of the Bretilliennes is even the highest in France, behind that of the inhabitants of Maine-et-Loire. Conversely, Finistère is the only Breton department where life expectancy has fallen in 2020, by 0.2 years for both men and women.
A decrease in births less than at the national level
In 2020, 35,700 people living in Brittany died, i.e. 500 more than in 2019. “This increase in the number of deaths of 1.3% between 2019 and 2020 in Brittany is the lowest of the French regions”, explain the experts. Over this same period, the number of deaths in mainland France increased by 55,800, an increase of 9.3%.
“The impact of the health crisis that occurred from March on births in December, however, appears to be less in Brittany than at the national level (-7%)”, add the experts. In 2020, 31,000 children were born to mothers residing in Brittany, i.e. 400 less than in 2019. This drop in births is significant in Morbihan (-200) but is also observed in the three other Breton departments. This decline of 1.2% is however less pronounced than in mainland France (–2.3%).
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