TABLE 1

Absolute number of sarcoidosis-related deaths in France between 2002 and 2011, stratified by year

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Total
All sarcoidosis-related deaths	136	162	132	155	165	157	149	206	209	191	1662
Sarcoidosis listed as the UCD
Male	18	28	41	34	37	30	30	45	41	39	343
Female	42	47	41	51	53	36	37	55	46	50	458
Female/male ratio	2.3	1.7	1.0	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.3	1.3
Age years
<40	3	2	3	4	3	1	1	4	2	2	25
40–59	10	19	24	15	16	6	17	15	17	20	159
60–79	32	46	36	49	49	38	36	56	43	37	422
≥80	15	8	19	17	22	21	13	25	25	30	195
Sarcoidosis listed as a NUCD
Male	30	36	28	30	23	40	36	49	54	46	372
Female	46	51	22	40	52	51	46	57	68	56	489
Female/male ratio	1.5	1.4	0.8	1.3	2.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3
Age years
<40	0	3	0	3	2	0	2	1	4	2	17
40–59	11	19	14	11	8	18	13	17	18	16	145
60–79	46	45	25	35	47	45	49	61	58	54	465
≥80	19	20	11	21	18	28	18	27	42	30	234
Age-standardised mortality rate^#
All sarcoidosis patients	3.2	3.7	3	3.4	3.6	3.3	3.1	4.3	4.2	3.7	3.6
Male	2.7	3.2	3.6	3.2	3.1	3.5	3.2	4.5	4.6	3.8	3.6
Female	3.6	4	2.5	3.4	3.9	3.2	3	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.5
Female/male ratio	1.3	1.2	0.7	1.1	1.3	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.0

Data are presented as n, unless otherwise stated. UCD: underlying cause of death; NUCD: nonunderlying cause of death. ^#: per million population.