France, Disease Incidence and Prevalence

As the aging population in Europe increases and the average life span lengthens, the incidence and prevalence of many major diseases/disorders are expected to increase accordingly and significantly impact the European healthcare industry. This dynamic new report from Medtech Insight examines the incidence and prevalence of selected diseases/disorders in France. Incidence and prevalence figures are for the year 2012, the most recent year for which data are available.

This report is the first in a series of five reports (Disease Incidence and Prevalence for France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) that examine the etiology and epidemiology of the most prevalent and costly diseases/disorders in Europe. Among the topics covered by each of these reports are Alzheimer’s disease, anemia, arthritis, asthma, benign prostatic hyperplasia, bronchitis, burns/ traumatic wounds, cancer, depression, diabetes, emphysema, erectile dysfunction, glaucoma, heart failure, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hypertension, infertility, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, pneumonia, stroke, and transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

In addition to proprietary data utilized from Medtech Insight’s internal resources, many agencies and organizations have provided information including Alzheimer’s Disease International, Association Française des Hémophiles (French Association of Hemophilia), Association France Parkinson, Bladder & Bowel Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Europe, European Association of Urology, European Cancer Observatory, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Haemophilia Consortium, European Kidney Health Alliance, European Network for HIV/AIDS Surveillance, European Respiratory Society, European Society of Cardiology, European Tuberculosis Surveillance Network, Fédération Française des Groupements de Parkinsoniens (French Federation of Groups Parkinsonian), French Cystic Fibrosis Association, French Society for Research and Sleep Medicine, International Diabetes Federation, International Glaucoma Association, International Osteoporosis Foundation, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, Myasthenia Gravis Association, The Schizophrenia Association, Sickle Cell Cure Foundation, World Endometriosis Research Foundation, World Federation of Hemophilia, and the World Health Organization, among others.