COVID-19-associated deaths electronic certification data (CepiDC)

### The actions of Public Health France Public Health France’s mission is to improve and protect the health of populations. During the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 epidemic, Public Health France is responsible for monitoring and understanding the dynamics of the epidemic, anticipating the various scenarios and implementing actions to prevent and limit the transmission of this virus on the national territory. ### The electronic certification of deaths The Centre for Epidemiology on Medical Causes of Death (CépiDc) is the laboratory of the [Inserm](https://www.inserm.fr/) (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) in charge of producing statistics on the medical causes of death. The data are derived from the medical part of the certificate of death certified electronically. Deaths can be recorded in all types of place of death (public or private health institutions, EHPAD/retirement home, home, or other unspecified places). However, a health facility does not necessarily use electronic death certification in all of these services. Deaths associated with Covid-19 are identified from the statements expressed by doctors in the medical causes of death. COVID-19 infection may be suspected or biologically confirmed. ### Description of the data This dataset provides information on: — The cumulative number of deaths associated with Covid-19 by sex and by department; — The cumulative number of deaths associated with COVID-19 by age group and region; — The cumulative number of non-affiliated establishments or physicians who have certified at least 1 Covid-19-associated deaths per region. ** Methodological warning:** The data have been accumulated since 1 March 2020. At the beginning of 2020, about 20 % of deaths in France were electronically certified, with a heterogeneity ranging from 0 % to 28 % depending on the region. A surge has been observed since the beginning of April 2020, in particular by private institutions and EHPADs, without it being possible to assess the proportion of additional deaths recorded by this increase.