Sweden mortality from 1900 to 2020.
This week's data update from SCB puts Sweden past a sad milestone: year 2020 recorded both the most excess *deaths* as well as the highest excess *mortality* (population adjusted) since the 1918 flu pandemic.
Let this sink in.
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This week's data update from SCB puts Sweden past a sad milestone: year 2020 recorded both the most excess *deaths* as well as the highest excess *mortality* (population adjusted) since the 1918 flu pandemic.
Let this sink in.
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Source: scb.se/en/finding-sta…
This is the link found under "Preliminary statistics on deaths" at scb.se/en/finding-sta…
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This is the link found under "Preliminary statistics on deaths" at scb.se/en/finding-sta…
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My estimate of ~7200 excess deaths is roughly confirmed by SCB who, as of a few weeks ago, estimated approximately 7000: dn.se/sverige/sverig… .
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Year 2020 has 97,941 deaths so far, but this number will increase over the next few weeks as SCB continues to update the data.
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