Excess mortality and mortality from covid-19 in Sweden during 2020

Kolk, Martin; Drefahl, Sven; Wallace, Matt; Andersson, Gunnar

Abstract

The report presents mortality statistics at national and regional level, and also compares them with previous years. The aim of the report is to assess the impact of the pandemic on excess mortality in Sweden through aggregated data. The results show that life expectancy decreased by 0.69 years for men and 0.40 years for women in 2020 compared to 2019. This means that previous increases in life expectancy were reversed in 2020 and instead remained at the same levels as in 2017 for men and 2018 for women. As a basis for the report on mortality and excess mortality in different age groups, the IFFS has used Statistics Sweden's statistics on all deaths and the Public Health Agency of Sweden's statistics on deaths from COVID-19. The report was written by researchers working at IFFS and Stockholm University, who independently investigated how the death patterns were characterized in 2020.

Citation

Kolk, M., Drefahl, S., Wallace, M., & Andersson, G. (2021). Excess mortality and mortality from covid-19 in Sweden during 2020. he Public Health Agency of Sweden / Folkhälsomyndigheten

• Report Type: Consultancy Report
• Online Publication Date: Mar 31, 2021
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2021
• Deposit Date: Aug 22, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 30, 2024
• Publisher URL: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publikationer-och-material/publikationsarkiv/oe/overdodlighet-och-dodlighet-i-covid-19-i-sverige-under-2020/