Immigration Per Region
According to a recent study in 2012, 31.5% of all newborns in mainland France in 2010 (253,466 out of 805,958) had parents of immigrant origin from the following regions (Overseas departments and territories of France, Africa and Maghreb, South Italy, Sicily, Greece, Brazil, India, Turkey, Middle-East) considered at risk for sickle-cell disease (to be tested a child must have his both parents from one of these regions). The Paris metropolitan district (Île-de-France) is the region that accounts for the largest number with 60% of all newborns in this area in 2010 having parents of immigrant origin from these regions. The second largest number is in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur at 43.2% and the lowest number is in Brittany at 5.5%.
| Region | % of newborns with parents from Overseas departments and territories of France, Africa and Maghreb, South Italy, Sicily, Greece, Brazil, India, Turkey, Middle-East (2010) |
|---|---|
| Île-de-France | 60 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 43.2 |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | 41.6 |
| Rhône-Alpes | 31.5 |
| Alsace | 31.2 |
| Midi-Pyrénées | 30.6 |
| Picardy | 22.5 |
| Limousin | 21.7 |
| Franche-Comté | 19.7 |
| Burgundy | 19.1 |
| Lorraine | 18.3 |
| Centre | 17.8 |
| Auvergne | 16.3 |
| Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 15.6 |
| Champagne-Ardenne | 14.9 |
| Aquitaine | 14.5 |
| Normandy | 13.8 |
| Pays de la Loire/Poitou-Charentes | 12.7 |
| Brittany | 5.5 |
| Metropolitan France | 31.5 |
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