What are people in Sweden most likely to die from, at each age?
Life expectancy at birth in Sweden is about 82 years for men and 85 for women. But what threatens people most changes with age — and until late middle age it is rarely what people expect. Pick an age group for the full picture.
Top cause = the most likely cause of death over the next 10 years (on wider screens, with its share of all risk) · 10-year risk = chance of dying from any cause within 10 years, for someone in the middle of the age group.
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Cancer screening in Sweden
- Breast cancerevery 18–24 months, ages 40–74
- Colorectal cancerevery 2 years, ages 60–74 (home stool test)
- Cervical cancerevery 5 years at 23–49, every 7 years at 50–70
- Lung cancerif you smoke or smoked heavily, ages 50–74 — ask whether it's offered
Based on Swedish national screening programmes and European guidelines. Each cancer's page compares the programmes country by country.
Computed by Odainn from official Eurostat mortality statistics for Sweden (2023) — how we calculate. Educational, not medical advice.