Sweden – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Sweden
SWEDEN- A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 9,182,927
Female percentage of population (2007): 50.37%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 17.0% |
| Ages 15-24 | 12.7% |
| Ages 25-49 | 33.2% |
| Ages 50-64 | 19.7% |
| Ages 65-79 | 12.0% |
| Age 80 and older | 5.4% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004) :
- Female: 17.08%
- Male: 18.32%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 19.43%
- Male: 14.95%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 83.1 years female
- 78.8 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2004): 164.69
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births (2005): 3
Percentage using contraception (1996): 75.2%
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 71.8%
- Male: 76.5%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: 67.2%
- 1997: 71.8%
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 6.4%
- Male: 5.8%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female: 29,051.6
- Male: 35,770.1
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 84.6%
Marriage rate (2007): 5.24 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 2.3 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2004):
- – Female: 211
- – Male: 343
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 136.5
- – Male: 182.4
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000(2004):
- – Incidence: 9.61
- – Death: 2.56
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 152.63
- – Death: 22.68
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2004):
- – Stomach: 61
- – Colorectal: 218
- – Lung: 520
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 37.4
- Male: 49.2
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 23.8
- Male: 28.6
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 18.58
- Male: 33.64
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week:
- Female: 1%
- Male: 8%
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita (2003): 5.62
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 902.36
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- Female: 72.8%
- Male: 71.3%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 18.5%
- Male: 16.5%
Percentage overweight (1997, adjusted):
- Female: 29.8%
- Male: 41.2%
Percentage obese (1997, adjusted):
- Female: 11.9%
- Male: 10%
Low Energy Expenditure (2002):
- Female: 39.7%
- Male: 48.1%
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.