Table 2.
French demographic and COVID-19-linked mortality data according to climate zone
| Climate zone | Counties, no. (%) | Population, mean | Population, density mean* | Age >59 years mean (%) | Male sex, mean (%) | In-hospital deaths, mean | In-hospital death rate†, mean (SD) |
| H1a | 18 (19) | 1 193 507.1 | 2583.9 | 24.1 | 48.4 | 517.3 | 39.2 (21.8) |
| H1b | 15 (16) | 473 311.2 | 100.8 | 29.4 | 48.7 | 258.3 | 51.2 (31.4) |
| H1c | 18 (19) | 551 782.5 | 105.1 | 30.1 | 48.5 | 120.5 | 18.3 (11.8) |
| H2 | 36 (38) | 529 843.7 | 80.4 | 31.6 | 48.4 | 50.6 | 10.2 (8.2) |
| H3 | 7 (7) | 994 859.8 | 187.6 | 31.0 | 47.7 | 161.7 | 14.0 (6.0) |
*Inhabitants/land area.
†Number per 100 000 inhabitants.