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Sweden Population Pyramid
 


Sweden
SWEDEN LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
71.2
74.9
73.0
3
3
3
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
4
3
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
2000
77.4
82.0
79.6
2
6
3
2010
78.7
83.4
81.0
6
9
7
 
 
Sweden
SWEDEN LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
78.7
83.4
6
9
Age 5
79.4
83.6
10
15
Age 10
79.4
83.6
10
15
Age 15
79.5
83.6
10
15
Age 20
79.6
83.7
11
15
Age 25
79.8
83.8
12
15
Age 30
80.0
83.9
12
15
Age 35
80.2
83.9
11
16
Age 40
80.3
84.1
12
15
Age 45
80.6
84.2
11
16
Age 50
80.9
84.5
12
16
Age 55
81.4
84.8
13
17
Age 60
82.1
85.3
15
18
Age 65
83.0
86.0
17
18
Age 70
84.2
87.0
26
16
Age 75
85.8
88.1
28
22
Age 80
87.8
89.6
42
28
Age 85
90.5
91.8
46
33
Age 90
93.8
94.6
56
42
Age 95
97.6
98.1
72
44
Age 100
101.9
102.2
85
48
 
 
Sweden
SWEDEN TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
17,034
24.15
2 Stroke
8,445
11.97
3 Alzheimers/Dementia
6,250
8.86
4 Lung Cancers
3,624
5.14
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,937
4.16
6 Prostate Cancer
2,667
3.78
7 Lung Disease
2,649
3.76
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
2,380
3.37
9 Diabetes Mellitus
2,027
2.87
10 Breast Cancer
1,694
2.40
11 Pancreas Cancer
1,601
2.27
12 Other Injuries
1,454
2.06
13 Hypertension
1,448
2.05
14 Suicide
1,271
1.80
15 Lymphomas
1,241
1.76
16 Falls
899
1.27
17 Other Neoplasms
812
1.15
18 Kidney Disease
794
1.13
19 Leukemia
764
1.08
20 Stomach Cancer
746
1.06
21 Bladder Cancer
685
0.97
22 Liver Disease
650
0.92
23 Skin Cancers
611
0.87
24 Ovary Cancer
608
0.86
25 Liver Cancer
604
0.86
  Deaths %
26 Endocrine Disorders
594
0.84
27 Inflammatory/Heart
541
0.77
28 Parkinson Disease
495
0.70
29 Road Traffic Accidents
433
0.61
30 Oesophagus Cancer
391
0.55
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
387
0.55
32 Oral Cancer
340
0.48
33 Poisonings
334
0.47
34 Uterin Cancer
325
0.46
35 Alcohol
301
0.43
36 Congenital Anomalies
220
0.31
37 Cervical Cancer
191
0.27
38 Anaemia
184
0.26
39 Skin Disease
154
0.22
40 Multiple Sclerosis
153
0.22
41 Rheumatic Heart Disease
146
0.21
42 Asthma
146
0.21
43 Rheumatoid Arthritis
146
0.21
44 Diarrhoeal diseases
143
0.20
45 Drownings
114
0.16
46 Drug Use
113
0.16
47 Epilepsy
112
0.16
48 Fires
85
0.12
49 Violence
80
0.11
50 Depression
70
0.10
 
 
Sweden
SWEDEN TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
70.95
152
2 Stroke
32.92
170
3 Alzheimers/Dementia
21.48
4
4 Lung Cancers
20.29
60
5 Breast Cancer
17.91
82
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.72
38
7 Lung Disease
11.69
147
8 Suicide
11.67
47
9 Prostate Cancer
11.14
31
10 Diabetes Mellitus
9.16
165
11 Influenza & Pneumonia
8.76
173
12 Pancreas Cancer
8.47
19
13 Other Injuries
6.67
154
14 Lymphomas
6.11
61
15 Hypertension
5.31
175
16 Liver Disease
4.33
168
17 Road Traffic Accidents
4.13
183
18 Falls
4.07
91
19 Stomach Cancer
3.95
153
20 Leukemia
3.91
97
21 Ovary Cancer
3.55
30
22 Skin Cancers
3.53
15
23 Liver Cancer
3.29
157
24 Poisonings
3.22
74
25 Endocrine Disorders
3.22
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
144
27 Kidney Disease
3.18
187
28 Bladder Cancer
3.18
61
29 Other Neoplasms
3.18
85
30 Congenital Anomalies
2.69
184
31 Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
112
32 Alcohol
2.15
39
33 Oral Cancer
2.03
139
34 Parkinson Disease
1.95
67
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.67
151
36 Uterin Cancer
1.54
63
37 Drug Use
1.29
43
38 Cervical Cancer
1.19
167
39 Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
6
40 Epilepsy
0.94
155
41 Drownings
0.91
166
42 Violence
0.89
170
43 Fires
0.66
143
44 Asthma
0.63
180
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
77
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.61
161
47 Anaemia
0.61
138
48 Skin Disease
0.54
151
49 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.54
153
50 Birth Trauma
0.53
173
 
 
Sweden
SWEDEN CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
20.29
60
2 Breast Cancer
17.91
82
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.72
38
4 Prostate Cancer
11.14
31
5 Pancreas Cancer
8.47
19
6 Lymphomas
6.11
61
7 Stomach Cancer
3.95
153
8 Leukemia
3.91
97
9 Ovary Cancer
3.55
30
  Rate World Rank
10 Skin Cancers
3.53
15
11 Liver Cancer
3.29
157
12 Bladder Cancer
3.18
61
13 Other Neoplasms
3.18
85
14 Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
112
15 Oral Cancer
2.03
139
16 Uterin Cancer
1.54
63
17 Cervical Cancer
1.19
167
 
 
Sweden
SWEDEN HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
9.0
57
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
19.6
24.5
118
35
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
16.3
15.4
71
127
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
257
7

 
Sweden
SWEDEN DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
9,059,651
85
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
Population 0-14
15.7 %
167
Population 15-64
65.5 %
90
Population 65 +
18.8 %
6
Birth Rate / 1000
10.13
167
Death Rate / 1000
10.21
58
Fertulity Rate
1.67
151
Infant Mortality
2.75
190
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.06
42
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.79
82
Net Migrattion
1.66
35
Population Growth
0.16
158
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.4
101
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
81.0
7
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
74.0
9
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$38,500
17
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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