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At present AIDS is still a minor cause of death in France, despite the fact that it is the second country in the world in terms of numbers of cases notified. However, in the next few years, its impact on demography may well be of importance because of two obvious reasons: First, the number of cases has gradually increased and, before the discovery of an efficient treatment, the number of deaths will follow the same trend. Secondly, AIDS is a cause of death which, like motor vehicle crashes, kills selectively young people: only 19% of the 4,887 cases of AIDS in men which were notified by December 31, 1988 to the General Department of Health (Direction Générale de la Santé) in France were over 45, while the figures were 95.6% for cancer, 97.3% for cardiovascular diseases, 59% for suicide.
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Guiguet, M., Valleron, A.J. (1990). Demographic Impact of Mortality from AIDS in France: Projection for 1991. In: Schwefel, D., Leidl, R., Rovira, J., Drummond, M.F. (eds) Economic Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84089-0_3
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