Health Impact of the 2006 Heat Wave Based on Syndromic Surveillance in Gironde, France

In July 2006, an important heat wave occurred in France, and generated alarm of all the public health services. In Gironde, a department in region Aquitaine, the level of "warning and actions" of the Heat Health Watch Warning System, based on an analysis of weather-mortality relationship, was activated from the 16th and the 27th of July, when the limits of biometeorological indicators were reached [1].

Objective

To assess health impact of heat wave occurred in July 2006 through data from emergency activity and mortality from syndromic surveillance systems in Gironde, a department in south-western France.