Table 2 .

Mortality during the first wave^a of the COVID-19 epidemic in France, by sex and by age group

Sex	Age group (years)	Number of residents	Number of deaths	Cumulative mortality rate (%)b	Number of excess deaths	SMRc
Both	All	494,753	44,666	9.5	13,505	1.43
males	All	126,588	14,445	12.1	4,905	1.51
	60–74	24,099	1,180	5.0	437	1.59
	75–84	30,957	3,132	10.7	1,282	1.69
	85–94	57,161	7,680	14.5	2,473	1.47
	95 or over	14,371	2,453	18.8	714	1.41
Females	All	368,165	30,221	8.6	8,599	1.38
	60–74	22,755	851	3.8	322	1.61
	75–84	60,376	3,606	6.2	1,325	1.58
	85–94	201,898	16,230	8.4	4,684	1.41
	95 or over	83,136	9,534	12.2	2,268	1.31

^aBetween 1 March and 31 May 2020.

^bNumber of deaths divided by the number of person-times between 1 March and 31 May 2020.

^cSMR: standardized mortality ratio.