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The number of deaths per week in Sweden was higher from week 12 to week 26 in 2020 than it was in the years 2015 to 2019. Moreover, it increased from week 46 in 2020 and fell below the average of 2015 to 2019 in week five in 2021. Several of the deaths in 2020 were related to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2022, the number of deaths per week decreased from week seven, but was high in the last weeks of the year and the first weeks of 2023, before falling again.

Causes of death

In 2022, diseases of the circulatory system were the most common cause of death in Sweden. Over 28,000 deaths were caused by this type of disease that year. Cancerous tumors caused the second highest number of deaths in Sweden.

COVID-19 in Sweden

Sweden is the Nordic country that has reported the highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic. All in all, the number of deaths in Sweden in 2023 amounted to nearly 95,000.

Number of deaths per week in Sweden from 2015 to week 30 in 2024

Characteristic	Average 2015-2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Week 53	1,965	2,374	-	-	-	-
Week 52	1,831	2,316	1,975	2,305	2,076	-
Week 51	1,801	2,299	1,881	2,302	2,163	-
Week 50	1,753	2,117	1,850	2,187	2,105	-
Week 49	1,786	2,148	1,873	1,938	1,965	-
Week 48	1,738	1,959	1,761	1,771	2,015	-
Week 47	1,665	1,989	1,679	1,809	2,038	-
Week 46	1,690	1,868	1,726	1,732	1,948	-
Week 45	1,663	1,673	1,716	1,665	1,863	-
Week 44	1,695	1,691	1,773	1,597	1,941	-
Week 43	1,670	1,570	1,674	1,635	1,806	-
Week 42	1,627	1,612	1,679	1,611	1,746	-
Week 41	1,651	1,543	1,638	1,666	1,795	-
Week 40	1,640	1,547	1,599	1,725	1,608	-
Week 39	1,593	1,563	1,664	1,733	1,559	-
Week 38	1,569	1,513	1,621	1,697	1,608	-
Week 37	1,551	1,527	1,650	1,695	1,538	-
Week 36	1,572	1,517	1,604	1,578	1,690	-
Week 35	1,588	1,486	1,568	1,519	1,477	-
Week 34	1,539	1,578	1,557	1,611	1,544	-
Week 33	1,528	1,517	1,540	1,701	1,538	-
Week 32	1,530	1,571	1,584	1,711	1,525	-
Week 31	1,582	1,547	1,477	1,658	1,494	-
Week 30	1,562	1,540	1,588	1,626	1,552	1,633
Week 29	1,573	1,513	1,514	1,658	1,481	1,504
Week 28	1,567	1,571	1,557	1,489	1,478	1,561
Week 27	1,579	1,565	1,533	1,601	1,520	1,506
Week 26	1,560	1,674	1,485	1,631	1,491	1,615
Week 25	1,536	1,670	1,490	1,609	1,571	1,576
Week 24	1,525	1,721	1,467	1,559	1,556	1,553
Week 23	1,537	1,751	1,508	1,522	1,598	1,429
Week 22	1,562	1,656	1,509	1,558	1,556	1,546
Week 21	1,562	1,918	1,510	1,531	1,521	1,537
Week 20	1,572	1,989	1,546	1,651	1,623	1,557
Week 19	1,637	2,182	1,657	1,605	1,569	1,510
Week 18	1,649	2,239	1,675	1,628	1,643	1,569
Week 17	1,695	2,269	1,616	1,590	1,744	1,703
Week 16	1,761	2,525	1,688	1,597	1,779	1,563
Week 15	1,747	2,569	1,657	1,605	1,748	1,644
Week 14	1,804	2,383	1,703	1,740	1,710	1,659
Week 13	1,821	2,040	1,668	1,703	1,723	1,628
Week 12	1,798	1,865	1,714	1,709	1,705	1,678
Week 11	1,900	1,730	1,681	1,741	1,760	1,676
Week 10	1,915	1,826	1,803	1,751	1,812	1,662
Week 9	1,977	1,778	1,656	1,892	1,794	1,717
Week 8	1,991	1,777	1,804	1,932	1,735	1,748
Week 7	1,927	1,824	1,834	2,027	1,733	1,780
Week 6	1,890	1,728	1,859	1,953	1,758	1,756
Week 5	1,887	1,848	1,851	2,129	1,803	1,803
Week 4	1,924	1,730	2,066	2,024	1,844	1,859
Week 3	1,947	1,831	2,243	1,947	1,997	1,953
Week 2	1,953	1,891	2,289	1,997	2,134	2,018
Week 1	1,975	1,822	2,306	2,030	2,372	2,033

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September 2024

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Sweden

Survey time period

2015 to 2024

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Deaths with unknown date of death are not included; average daily number of deaths averaged by week

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