Table 1.
All-cause mortality rates (per 100 000 persons-week) and excess mortality in the Stockholm Region (N=2 379 792), Sweden, by age group and sex during the COVID-19 outbreak (ie, 9 March 2020 to 12 April 2020)
| Week | <65 years | 65–79 years | 80+ | ||||||
| Observed rate | Expected rate | Excess (%) | Observed rate | Expected rate | Excess (%) | Observed rate | Expected rate | Excess (%) |
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| Women | |||||||||
| Mar 9–15 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 14.9 | 18.1 | 26.4 | −31.5 | 172.9 | 179.3 | −3.6 |
| Mar 16–22 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 25.9 | 27.4 | −5.5 | 158.6 | 181.6 | −12.7 |
| Mar 23–29 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 17.0 | 30.4 | 29.7 | 2.4 | 258.6 | 184.3 | 40.3 |
| Mar 30–Apr 5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 53.6 | 25.6 | 109.9 | 326.8 | 192.8 | 69.5 |
| Apr 6–12 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 48.8 | 47.8 | 28.6 | 67.5 | 425.1 | 168.8 | 151.9 |
| Men | |||||||||
| Mar 9–15 | 2.6 | 2.7 | −3.0 | 33.4 | 35.9 | −7.0 | 164.0 | 212.6 | −22.9 |
| Mar 16–22 | 2.6 | 2.7 | −5.9 | 42.7 | 38.2 | 11.8 | 248.4 | 186.3 | 33.3 |
| Mar 23–29 | 2.8 | 3.0 | −6.5 | 61.9 | 37.7 | 64.0 | 340.0 | 185.3 | 83.5 |
| Mar 30–Apr 5 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 77.7 | 82.5 | 38.0 | 117.4 | 395.4 | 193.5 | 104.4 |
| Apr 6–12 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 81.6 | 103.8 | 37.8 | 174.7 | 518.4 | 183.4 | 182.7 |
Excess mortality calculated comparing mortality rates during weeks 11–15 of 2020 with the average mortality rates recorded for the corresponding weeks during the five previous years.