Estimating the number of homeless deaths in France, 2008–2010

BMC Public Health

Grégoire Rey³  Eric Jougla³  Walid Ghosn³  Layla Vazifeh³  Fanny Tassin²  Stéphanie Vandentorren⁴  Lise Grout⁵  Albertine Aouba³  Cécile Vuillermoz¹ 

[1] Department of Social Epidemiology, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMRS 1136 Paris, France;Observatoire National de la Pauvreté et de l’Exclusion Sociale, Paris, France;Inserm, CépiDc, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France;Observatoire du Samu Social, Paris, France;Le Collectif Les Morts de la Rue, Paris, France

关键词: Completeness;    Capture-recapture;    Mortality;    Homeless;   

Others  :  866306
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-690

 received in 2013-11-07, accepted in 2014-07-02,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The homeless population of France has increased by 50% over the last 10 years. Studies have shown that homelessness is associated with a high risk of premature death. The aim of this study was to estimate the number of homeless deaths in France between 2008 and 2010, using a reproducible method.

Methods

We used the capture-recapture method to estimate the number of homeless deaths in France using two independent sources. An associative register of homeless deaths was matched with the national exhaustive database of the medical causes of death, using several matching approaches based on various combinations of the following variables: gender, age, place of death, date of death.

Results

The estimated number of homeless deaths between 2008 and 2010 was 6730 (95% CI: [4381–9079]), a number greatly underestimated by the two sources considered separately (less than 20%).

Conclusions

In the absence of a register of the homeless deaths, the capture-recapture method provides an order of magnitude for evaluation of the resources that may be allocated by policy makers to manage the issue. Based on common and routinely produced databases, this estimate may therefore be used to monitor the mortality of the homeless population. Further studies about homeless mortality, particularly on the lead causes of deaths, are needed to manage this issue and to implement strategy to decrease the number of homeless deaths.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Vuillermoz et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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