COVID-19 ICU Patient Outcomes in France by Age and Pandemic Period

A nationwide cohort of 15,423 critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units in mainland France between February 2020 and June 2021. The data, managed by Santé publique France, was used to investigate factors associated with mortality, severe ARDS, ICU-free days, and need for invasive ventilatory support. The study was authored by Antoine Journé and published on figshare.

Use Cases

• Modeling mortality risk based on patient age, sex, and pandemic period.
• Analyzing the association between obesity and severe ARDS or need for invasive respiratory support.
• Studying temporal trends in ICU outcomes across the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Investigating sex-based disparities in COVID-19 severity and mortality in ICU patients.

Strengths

• Nationwide scope covering all ICU admissions in mainland France.
• 15,423 patient records with a mean age of 64.1 years and 70% male demographic.
• Covers three distinct pandemic periods from February 2020 to June 2021.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (27.7 KB), suggesting it may be a summary or supplementary file rather than the raw patient-level data.

Provenance

Source

Santé publique France (national public health agency)

Collection Method

National surveillance data from ICU admissions.

Time Range

February 2020 to June 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:36:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mainland France