France

===Health===
{{Main|Health in France}}
[[File:P1000513_Paris_XIII_Salpetrière_reductwk.JPG|thumb|alt=Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, stone building with slate dome|The [[Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital]], a teaching hospital in Paris, is one of Europe's largest hospitals.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070117112822/http://www.paris-region.com/ard_uk/upload/document/D176.pdf How to conduct European clinical trials from the Paris Region ?] Clinical Trials. Paris. February 2003</ref>]]
The [[Health in France|French health care system]] is one of [[universal health care]] largely financed by government [[national health insurance]]. In its 2000 assessment of world health care systems, the [[World Health Organization]] found that France provided the "close to best overall health care" in the world.<ref name="who.int">{{Cite web |date=8 December 2010 |title=World Health Organization Assesses the World's Health Systems |url=https://www.who.int/whr/2000/media_centre/press_release/en/ |access-date=6 January 2012 |publisher=Who.int}}</ref> The French health care system was ranked first worldwide by the World Health Organization in 1997.<ref>[http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html The ranking, see spreadsheet details for a whole analysis] photius.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Measuring Overall Health System Performance for 191 Countries |url=https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805022057/http://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf |archive-date=5 August 2011 |access-date=21 July 2011}}</ref> In 2011, France spent 11.6% of its GDP on health care, or US$4,086 per capita,<ref name="WHO country facts: France">{{Cite web |title=WHO country facts: France |url=https://www.who.int/countries/fra/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111212445/http://www.who.int/countries/fra/en/ |archive-date=11 November 2013 |access-date=11 November 2013 |publisher=Who.int}}</ref> a figure much higher than the average spent by countries in Europe but [[Health care compared|less than in the United States]]. Approximately 77% of health expenditures are covered by government-funded agencies.<ref>The World Health Report 2000: WHO</ref>

Care is generally free for people affected by [[chronic disease]]s (''affections de longues durées'') such as cancer, AIDS or [[cystic fibrosis]]. The life expectancy at birth is 78 years for men and 85 years for women, one of the highest in the European Union and the World.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Espérance de vie, taux de mortalité et taux de mortalité infantile dans le monde |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=98&ref_id=CMPTEF02216 |publisher=Insee |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Evolution de l'espérance de vie à divers âges |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=NATnon02229 |publisher=Insee |language=fr}}</ref> There are 3.22 physicians for every 1000 inhabitants in France,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nombre de médecins pour 1000 habitants |url=http://www.statistiques-mondiales.com/medecins.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305131215/http://www.statistiques-mondiales.com/medecins.htm |archive-date=5 March 2010 |publisher=Statistiques mondiales |language=fr}}</ref> and average health care spending per capita was US$4,719 in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dépenses de santé par habitants |url=http://www.statistiques-mondiales.com/sante.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212061623/http://www.statistiques-mondiales.com/sante.htm |archive-date=12 December 2009 |publisher=Statistiques mondiales |language=fr}}</ref>
{{As of|2007}}, approximately 140,000 inhabitants (0.4%) of France are living with HIV/AIDS.<ref name =France/>