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[The figure] 10 000 14 000 deaths are attributable to unemployment every year in France
It is a major public health problem but has completely gone under radar. Every year, 10 000 14 000 deaths are attributable to unemployment in France. Chronic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, anxiety, depression, suicide, addictions reinforced by lack of self-esteem, giving up care ... The unemployed have an excess mortality twice as high as the assets of the same age.
Unemployment seriously affects health. According to several studies, between 10 000 and 14 000 deaths are attributable to unemployment every year in France. This is four times more than the number of people killed on the road, yet they are much less publicized. Unemployment would act as a catalyst and not a trigger, as excess mortality increases with the duration of unemployment.
Rising cardiovascular diseases, chronic diseases, cancers, but also stress, anxiety, increased addictive behaviors, sleep and eating disorders, depression, even suicide, the risk of death among unemployed people is multiplied by two compared to assets of the same age.
548 suicides after the 2008 crisis
According to the work of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), an increase of 10% of the unemployment rate results in an increase of 1,5% of the suicide rate among job seekers. The rise in unemployment, relative to the crisis that hit France from 2008 to 2010, has resulted in 548 suicides. The unemployed are also more subject to addictive behavior (alcohol or cannabis use), have a less healthy lifestyle and are less physically active, particularly because of feelings of guilt and loss of self-esteem.
"At the beginning, (alcohol) helped me to stand up to the eyes of others, because I had the feeling of being judged permanently because I was unemployed," says Olivier, 51, unemployed. was depressed, anxious, had suicidal thoughts. The days were hard to live with, time did not pass, so I consumed to help myself a little, to occupy myself but, when was the end of the day , I felt guilty for not having looked for a job, so I had a drink then another to forget, until I fell asleep ".
Unemployed people, for example, have a risk of stroke and heart attack increased by 80% compared to working people. More of them die of cancer. And 40% of them have already given up on a treatment for financial reasons against 25% of the working population. "It is a subject collectively underestimated", indignant the association Solidarité Nouvelles face au Unemployment (SNC) in a report published last September (1). It calls on political leaders, public authorities, institutions and health actors to improve health care for unemployed people.
Change our look
In an opinion published in 2016, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese), also considered that this was a "major public health problem". "The outlook on unemployed people must evolve and become more benevolent and objective. Preventing the most devastating social consequences for unemployed people and those around them presupposes combating stigma that impairs the legitimate exercise of their rights , to the image they have of themselves and ultimately to their very reintegration into the labor market. "
The CESE recommends better support for the unemployed, offering them psychological support, guiding them to a first medical check-up from the first interview at Pôle Emploi, and thinking about extending the occupational health system to the unemployed. To deepen the question, Pierre Meneton, the first French researcher to have studied the issue, is conducting a new research program on voluntary 200 000 to further refine the link between unemployment and excess mortality.
Source: https://www.novethic.fr/actualite/socia ... 46867.html
