Table II.
Weekly number of deaths and mortality rates per age group per 100,000 person-weeks in 2020 and the mean of 2015–2019 and mortality rate ratios comparing 2020 with the mean of 2015–2019.
| 2020 | Mean 2015–2019 | 2020 compared with mean of 2015–2019 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of deaths | Mortality rates | No. of deaths | Mortality rates | |||||||
| Mean | Range | MR | CI (95%) | Mean | Range | MR | CI (95%) | MRR | CI (95%) | |
| Norway | ||||||||||
| Age 0–69 years | 155 | (125–185) | 3.3 | (3.2–3.4) | 165 | (123–218) | 3.5 | (3.5–3.6) | 0.93 | (0.91–0.95) |
| Age 70–79 years | 177 | (143–210) | 40.6 | (39.5–41.5) | 164 | (119–212) | 43.5 | (43.0–44.1) | 0.94 | (0.91–0.96) |
| Age ⩾80 years | 443 | (357–573) | 193 | (187–198) | 451 | (358–663) | 203 | (200–206) | 0.95 | (0.93–0.96) |
| Sweden | ||||||||||
| Age 0–69 years | 256 | (200–356) | 2.9 | (2.8–3.0) | 303 | (230–386) | 3.5 | (3.5–3.6) | 0.82 | (0.81–0.84) |
| Age 70–79 years | 442 | (342–599) | 44.7 | (42.9–46.4) | 380 | (299–491) | 41.7 | (41.3–42.1) | 1.07 | (1.06–1.09) |
| Age ⩾80 years | 1121 | (876–1617) | 209 | (199–219) | 1027 | (803–1421) | 202 | (199–205) | 1.03 | (1.03–1.04) |
CI: confidence interval; MR: mortality rate; MRR: mortality rate ratio.