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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden
SWEDEN		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
71.2
74.9
73.0
3
3
3
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
4
3
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
77.4
82.0
79.6
2
6
3
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
78.7
83.4
81.0
6
9
7
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Sweden
SWEDEN		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
78.7
83.4
6
9
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
80.4
84.6
10
15
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
80.4
84.6
10
15
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
80.5
84.6
10
15
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
80.6
84.7
11
15
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
80.8
84.8
12
15
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
81.0
84.9
12
15
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
81.2
84.9
11
16
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
81.3
85.1
12
15
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
81.6
85.2
11
16
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
81.9
85.5
12
16
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
82.4
85.8
13
17
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
83.1
86.3
15
18
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.0
87.0
17
18
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.2
88.0
26
16
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.8
89.1
28
22
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.8
90.6
42
28
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.5
92.8
46
33
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.8
95.6
56
42
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.6
99.1
72
44
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
103.2
85
48
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden
SWEDEN		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
70.95
152
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
32.92
170
  
36.89
160
3 Alzheimers/Dementia
21.48
4
  
17.08
14
4 Lung Cancers
20.29
60
  
30.98
18
5 Breast Cancer
17.91
82
  
23.62
20
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.72
38
  
15.49
33
7 Lung Disease
11.69
147
  
21.47
98
8 Suicide
11.67
47
  
6.90
101
9 Prostate Cancer
11.14
31
  
8.21
58
10 Diabetes Mellitus
9.16
165
  
5.04
185
11 Influenza & Pneumonia
8.76
173
  
23.69
125
12 Pancreas Cancer
8.47
19
  
6.81
39
13 Other Injuries
6.67
154
  
5.54
170
14 Lymphomas
6.11
61
  
7.35
36
15 Hypertension
5.31
175
  
3.67
183
16 Liver Disease
4.33
168
  
9.48
96
17 Road Traffic Accidents
4.13
183
  
4.77
180
18 Falls
4.07
91
  
3.51
109
19 Stomach Cancer
3.95
153
  
4.81
130
20 Leukemia
3.91
97
  
4.39
63
21 Ovary Cancer
3.55
30
  
3.96
20
22 Skin Cancers
3.53
15
  
2.74
32
23 Liver Cancer
3.29
157
  
3.07
164
24 Poisonings
3.22
74
  
2.81
89
25 Endocrine Disorders
3.22
142
  
3.13
147
26 Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
144
  
2.97
152
27 Kidney Disease
3.18
187
  
3.23
185
28 Bladder Cancer
3.18
61
  
4.27
28
29 Other Neoplasms
3.18
85
  
2.95
92
30 Congenital Anomalies
2.69
184
  
3.68
164
31 Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
112
  
7.62
30
32 Alcohol
2.15
39
  
1.10
76
33 Oral Cancer
2.03
139
  
2.39
113
34 Parkinson Disease
1.95
67
  
3.48
8
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.67
151
  
2.54
123
36 Uterin Cancer
1.54
63
  
1.53
64
37 Drug Use
1.29
43
  
2.14
27
38 Cervical Cancer
1.19
167
  
1.38
161
39 Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
6
  
1.33
4
40 Epilepsy
0.94
155
  
1.57
104
41 Drownings
0.91
166
  
0.35
187
42 Violence
0.89
170
  
1.14
160
43 Fires
0.66
143
  
0.45
158
44 Asthma
0.63
180
  
1.09
153
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
77
  
0.67
68
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.61
161
  
0.90
140
47 Anaemia
0.61
138
  
0.15
171
48 Skin Disease
0.54
151
  
1.50
104
49 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.54
153
  
1.95
119
50 Birth Trauma
0.53
173
  
0.64
166
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Sweden
SWEDEN		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
17,034
24.15
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
8,445
11.97
  
55,919
11.98
3 Alzheimers/Dementia
6,250
8.86
  
29,116
6.24
4 Lung Cancers
3,624
5.14
  
35,845
7.68
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,937
4.16
  
18,951
4.06
6 Prostate Cancer
2,667
3.78
  
11,508
2.46
7 Lung Disease
2,649
3.76
  
29,069
6.23
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
2,380
3.37
  
37,348
8.00
9 Diabetes Mellitus
2,027
2.87
  
6,682
1.43
10 Breast Cancer
1,694
2.40
  
14,343
3.07
11 Pancreas Cancer
1,601
2.27
  
7,954
1.70
12 Other Injuries
1,454
2.06
  
6,029
1.29
13 Hypertension
1,448
2.05
  
5,191
1.11
14 Suicide
1,271
1.80
  
4,660
1.00
15 Lymphomas
1,241
1.76
  
8,744
1.87
16 Falls
899
1.27
  
4,450
0.95
17 Other Neoplasms
812
1.15
  
3,829
0.82
18 Kidney Disease
794
1.13
  
4,804
1.03
19 Leukemia
764
1.08
  
5,077
1.09
20 Stomach Cancer
746
1.06
  
6,006
1.29
21 Bladder Cancer
685
0.97
  
5,842
1.25
22 Liver Disease
650
0.92
  
7,767
1.66
23 Skin Cancers
611
0.87
  
2,947
0.63
24 Ovary Cancer
608
0.86
  
4,366
0.94
25 Liver Cancer
604
0.86
  
3,470
0.74
26 Endocrine Disorders
594
0.84
  
3,056
0.65
27 Inflammatory/Heart
541
0.77
  
3,014
0.65
28 Parkinson Disease
495
0.70
  
5,348
1.15
29 Road Traffic Accidents
433
0.61
  
3,073
0.66
30 Oesophagus Cancer
391
0.55
  
8,762
1.88
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
387
0.55
  
3,294
0.71
32 Oral Cancer
340
0.48
  
2,428
0.52
33 Poisonings
334
0.47
  
1,805
0.39
34 Uterin Cancer
325
0.46
  
1,852
0.40
35 Alcohol
301
0.43
  
862
0.18
36 Congenital Anomalies
220
0.31
  
1,950
0.42
37 Cervical Cancer
191
0.27
  
1,322
0.28
38 Anaemia
184
0.26
  
260
0.06
39 Skin Disease
154
0.22
  
2,188
0.47
40 Multiple Sclerosis
153
0.22
  
1,206
0.26
41 Rheumatic Heart Disease
146
0.21
  
1,204
0.26
42 Asthma
146
0.21
  
1,260
0.27
43 Rheumatoid Arthritis
146
0.21
  
905
0.19
44 Diarrhoeal diseases
143
0.20
  
3,081
0.66
45 Drownings
114
0.16
  
233
0.05
46 Drug Use
113
0.16
  
1,247
0.27
47 Epilepsy
112
0.16
  
1,201
0.26
48 Fires
85
0.12
  
380
0.08
49 Violence
80
0.11
  
703
0.15
50 Depression
70
0.10
  
150
0.03
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden
SWEDEN		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
20.29
60
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
17.91
82
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.72
38
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
11.14
31
  
8.21
58
5 Pancreas Cancer
8.47
19
  
6.81
39
6 Lymphomas
6.11
61
  
7.35
36
7 Stomach Cancer
3.95
153
  
4.81
130
8 Leukemia
3.91
97
  
4.39
63
9 Ovary Cancer
3.55
30
  
3.96
20
10 Skin Cancers
3.53
15
  
2.74
32
11 Liver Cancer
3.29
157
  
3.07
164
12 Bladder Cancer
3.18
61
  
4.27
28
13 Other Neoplasms
3.18
85
  
2.95
92
14 Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
112
  
7.62
30
15 Oral Cancer
2.03
139
  
2.39
113
16 Uterin Cancer
1.54
63
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
1.19
167
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Sweden
SWEDEN		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
9,059,651
85
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
15.7 %
167
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
65.5 %
90
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
18.8 %
6
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
10.13
167
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.21
58
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.67
151
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
2.75
190
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.06
42
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
46
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.79
82
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
1.66
35
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.16
158
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.4
101
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
81.0
7
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
74.0
9
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$38,500
17
  
$36,600
23
 

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