Life expectancy for people in France remains high at 82.4, ninth in the list of developed countries and above the OECD average of 80.7 but behind Japan at 84.2. The French healthcare system came out well both in general - for accessibility - and in some specific categories like survival rates after a stroke or heart attack, in which category came sixth. Overall, the report found that 8.3 percent of the population are in poor health, slightly better than the OECD average of 8.5 percent. Rates of alcoholism were also 30 percent higher than the OECD average. Smoking rates were also high, with one in four French adults smoking, against an OECD average of 18 percent.

Source: The Local November 07, 2019 15:22 UTC