Denmark vs Sweden: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 91,364 Deaths against 58,240 Deaths in Denmark, a difference of 33,124 Deaths.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.6 times Denmark's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 28th and Sweden ranks 25th of 36 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,521 Deaths | 78,082 Deaths | 31,561 Deaths | Sweden |
| 1970s | 51,071 Deaths | 86,653 Deaths | 35,582 Deaths | Sweden |
| 1980s | 57,226 Deaths | 92,519 Deaths | 35,293 Deaths | Sweden |
| 1990s | 60,402 Deaths | 94,192 Deaths | 33,791 Deaths | Sweden |
| 2000s | 56,010 Deaths | 92,306 Deaths | 36,297 Deaths | Sweden |
| 2010s | 52,750 Deaths | 90,762 Deaths | 38,012 Deaths | Sweden |
| 2020s | 57,157 Deaths | 95,000 Deaths | 37,843 Deaths | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Denmark or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 91,364 Deaths against 58,240 Deaths in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Denmark and Sweden?
- 33,124 Deaths, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Denmark ranks 28th and Sweden ranks 25th of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.