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To analyse the association between patients’ socioeconomic position (SEP) and the use of emergency departments (EDs). This population-based study included all visits to ED in 2012 by inhabitants of the French Midi-Pyrénées region, recorded by the Regional Emergency Departments Observatory. We compared ED visit rates and the proportion of non-severe visits according to the patients’ SEP as assessed by the European Deprivation Index. We analysed 496,388 visits. The annual ED visit rate increased with deprivation level: 165.9 [95% CI (164.8–166.9)] visits per 1000 inhabitants among the most advantaged group, compared to 321.9 [95% CI (320.3–323.5)] per 1000 among the most disadvantaged. However, the proportion of non-severe visits was about 14% of the visits, and this proportion did not differ according to SEP. Although the study shows a difference of ED visit rates, the probability of a visit being non-severe is not meaningfully different according to SEP. This supports the assumption that ED visit rate variations according to SEP are mainly explained by SEP-related differences in health states rather than SEP-related differences in health behaviours.

The article presents a selection of 10 photographs depicting French composer and clarinetist Michel Portal and includes comments by Portal about each image.

The article presents an analysis of several posters advertising the French jazz festival called Jazz Europa held in Le Mans, France, on the occasion of its 30-year anniversary. Several photographs showing jazz musicians rehearsing in front of miscellaneous posters, including bass player Paul Rodgers, saxophonist Louis Sclavis, and clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre, are discussed.

In 2003, 14 cases of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Newport infections were reported. This is the first documented foodborne outbreak of multidrug-resistant S. Newport in France. The blaCMY gene was present in all isolates. All cases reported having eaten horse meat from a common wholesaler. The country of origin of the imported meat could not be identified.

Mesenteric and inferior vena cava thrombosis: DIC and/or prothrombin gene variant (G 20210 A).

The poem "La Mouche" by Perrine Le Querrec is presented. First Line: C'est pas la bête à bon dieu c'est la bête à cadavre; Last Line: Le furieux bourdonnement de la mouche giclure d'encre lourde.

The article presents information about the author's career as a photographer specializing in portraits of musicians. Particular emphasis is placed on the author's photographic relationship with U.S. jazz double bassist Charles Mingus. The author notes that Mingus was an ideal photographic subject, given the relations between distance and proximity he created.

The article presents a photographic image of singer Maggie Nicols vocalizing before a performance, including a caption reflecting on singers' habits, as well as the photographer's previous encounter with Nicols.