Cohort mortality in Sweden (pdf)

Cohort mortality in SwedenDeaths by age10. Deaths by ageThe distribution of deaths by age is characterised by many deathsdirectly after birth, while the main occurrences of deaths take placebetween ages 70 and age 90. Between the ages 10 to -50, the numberof deaths are relatively few, and in the ages over 90 the number ofdeaths decrease rapidly with increasing age. Figure 10.1 presents theproportion of deaths at different ages for the cohorts of 1861, 1900and 1950. The reduced mortality in younger ages has resulted in ashift of deaths upwards in the ages. This is especially apparent forwomen where the distribution of deaths has clearly shifted upwardsin ages between the cohort of 1861 and the one of 1900.Figure 10.1Deaths by age and year of birth. Data based on the cohort life tablesPercentPercent3Women3Men22186119001118611861190001950019500 20 40 60 80 1000 20 40 60 80 100AgeAgeThe distribution of deaths is further shifted to higher ages for theyounger cohorts. One example is the cohort of 1950. Up to age 57,only around ten percent of the cohort had died. The correspondingproportions for the cohort born in 1900 was roughly 30 percent,while for those born in 1861 it was 50 percent.Statistics Sweden 49