It is true that Sweden’s death rate is below that of other Scandinavian countries but it is still lower than that of many other first world countries . Take the UK for example. Sweden has a population of 10 million; that of the UK is 66 million which is 6.6 times that of Sweden
Sweden’s death toll is 2274
Sweden death toll multiplied by 6.6 to give pro rata figure for Sweden equivalent to UK size population is 2274 x 6.6 = 15,008
The UK’s death toll as of 28 April was 21,678 – see
Difference 6, 700
Things such as the age shape of the Swedish population
and the density of the country is different but that is not all it seem, for
example, Sweden is less densely population when the entire area of the
country is used but this ignores the fact that Sweden is a very urban
country.
Death rate is very important but it does have to be balanced against such
things as the long term damage to the economy, the opportunity cost of
of saving a person with corolavirus against treatment for non-virus patients,
family life and just good old normality.
There are differences in data definition between countries but
even if Sweden’s death toll pro rata was the same as that
of the UK, the UK population would have suffered much less
than they have done.
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