Incidence of all-cause adult community-acquired pneumonia in primary care settings in France.

•The reported yearly incidence of CAP in primary care settings in industrialized countries ranges from 1.19 to 8.7 cases per 1000 inhabitants. A prospective cohort study conducted through a large network of French FPs evenly distributed across the country and using a pragmatic case definition of CAP (including patients without X-ray) estimated the yearly incidence of CAP at 4.7/1000 inhabitants aged 18 years or over and at 6.7/1000 inhabitants aged 65 years or over.