Table I.
Weekly mean number of deaths and mortality rates per 100,000 person-weeks (2015–2020) and mortality rate ratios comparing the preceding years 2015–2020 with the mean of 2015–2019.
| No. of deaths | Mortality rate | Each year compared with mean of 2015–2019 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean per week | Range | MR | CI (95%) | Range | Difference in mortality rate | CI (95%) | MRR | CI (95%) | |
| Norway | |||||||||
| Mean 2015–2019 | 781 | (663–1 048) | 14.9 | (14.7–15.0) | (12.7–19.9) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| 2020 | 775 | (662–952) | 14.4 | (14.1–14.7) | (12.3–17.7) | −0.4 | (−0.6 to −0.3) | 0.97 | (0.96–0.98) |
| 2019 | 778 | (677–914) | 14.6 | (14.3–14.9) | (12.7–17.2) | −0.3 | (−0.4 to −0.1) | 0.98 | (0.97–0.99) |
| 2018 | 783 | (671–950) | 14.8 | (14.4–15.2) | (12.7–17.9) | −0.1 | (−0.2 to 0.1) | 0.99 | (0.98–1.01) |
| 2017 | 781 | (688–1048) | 14.9 | (14.4–15.3) | (13.1–19.9) | 0.0 | (−0.2 to 0.2) | 1.00 | (0.99–1.01) |
| 2016 | 778 | (669–982) | 14.9 | (14.5–15.3) | (12.8–18.8) | 0.1 | (−0.1 to 0.2) | 1.00 | (0.99–1.01) |
| 2015 | 782 | (663–977) | 15.1 | (14.7–15.6) | (12.8–18.9) | 0.3 | (0.1–0.4) | 1.02 | (1.01–1.03) |
| Sweden | |||||||||
| Mean 2015–2019 | 1709 | (1442–2204) | 17.1 | (16.9–17.3) | (14.1–21.8) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| 2020 | 1819 | (1484–2569) | 17.6 | (16.8–18.4) | (14.4–24.9) | 0.5 | (0.4–0.6) | 1.03 | (1.02–1.04) |
| 2019 | 1653 | (1443–1946) | 16.2 | (15.8–16.5) | (14.1–19.0) | −0.9 | (−1.1 to −0.8) | 0.94 | (0.94–0.95) |
| 2018 | 1720 | (1442–2204) | 17.0 | (16.4–17.6) | (14.2–21.8) | −0.1 | (−0.2 to 0.0) | 0.99 | (0.99–1.00) |
| 2017 | 1728 | (1489–2156) | 17.3 | (16.8–17.8) | (14.9–21.6) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.3) | 1.01 | (1.00–1.02) |
| 2016 | 1712 | (1466–2033) | 17.4 | (17.0–17.8) | (14.9–20.6) | 0.3 | (0.1–0.4) | 1.02 | (1.01–1.02) |
| 2015 | 1732 | (1466–2114) | 17.8 | (17.3–18.3) | (15.0–21.7) | 0.7 | (0.5–0.8) | 1.04 | (1.03–1.05) |
CI: confidence interval; MR: mortality rate; MRR: mortality rate ratio.