Ethnic groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities Religions: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatia...
Since prehistoric times, France has been a crossroads of trade, travel, and invasion. Three basic European ethnic stocks–Celtic, Latin, and Teutonic (Frankish)–have blended over the centuries to make up its present population. France’s birth rate was among the highest in Europe from 1945 un...
France derives most of its electricity from nuclear power, the highest percentage in the world. France is the world's tenth-largest producer of electricity.[215] Électricité de France (EDF), which is majority-owned by the French government, is the country's main producer and distributor of...
Ethnic groupsCeltic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities note:overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, AmerindianMonegasque 32.1%, French 19.9%, Italian 15.3%, British 5%, Belgian 2.3%, Swiss 2%, German 1.9%, Russian 1.8%, Ame...
Population below poverty line: National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nation...
There is a cultural particularism in France : a large percentage (30%) of people, calling themselves Catholics, don't believe in God, nor in any kind of spiritual lifeforce. They endorse Catholicism's moral teachings, and view Catholic dogma as a tradition. There are an estimated 4 million...
Ethnic groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian Religions: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments:...
The percentage of US kidney transplant recipients older than 60 years increased from 22% in 2004 to 32% in 2017, but more than 35 000 patients older than 60 years remained on the waiting list.37 Goldberg et al38 reported that, compared with eligible donor patients in the United States ...
Spatial non-stationarity affected deprivation heterogeneity significantly for both age groups, with the highest values in southern and eastern France, where a one-point increase in this variable resulted in a 5 to 6 percentage point increase in excess mortality rates for the 50–74 age group and ...
He described the square, filled with people from different nationalities and ethnic groups, and the police, making gentle entreaties to disperse but unable to bring themselves to interfere with all these “beautiful human beings. It felt as if the whole world was there, present and in harmony,...