From 2015 to 2020, extreme heat episodes caused nearly 10,000 deaths in France, and cost between 22 and 37 billion euros due to deaths, medical costs and loss of well-being, according to Public Health France , which highlights the “
invisible burden
” of heatwave periods.
In six years, all metropolitan departments except three (Côtes-d'Armor, Creuse and Finistère) have suffered at least one heat wave, for a cumulative total of 2,716 daily alerts (orange or red vigilance from Météo-France), i.e. 29.2 days on average per department.
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Premature mortality accounts for the majority of the cost.
It is valued at 30.2 billion euros using a method based on the number of deaths and 15.9 billion on that based on the number of years of life lost, the study said.
Added to this is the
“loss of well-being”
(fatigue, decrease in cognitive abilities, etc.), estimated at 6.3 billion euros.
However, it was only calculated in 2019 and 2020,
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