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Sweden has a suicide rate which was below the OECD average. [1] During the 1960s, Sweden had one of the highest reported suicide rates among the most developed countries, but it declined as methods for measuring were standardized internationally. [2] In 2011, 1378 suicide deaths occurred, which equates to a rate of 17.5 per 100,000 people.
Population studies have consistently shown major depression to be about twice as common in women as in men, although it is not yet clear why this is so. [7] The relative increase in occurrence is related to pubertal development rather than chronological age, reaches adult ratios between the ages of 15 and 18, and appears associated with psychosocial more than hormonal factors.
The following are lists of countries by estimated suicide rates as published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other sources. [note 1]In many countries, suicide rates are underreported due to social stigma, cultural or legal concerns. [3]
Sweden previously promised a socialist pension program similar to Social Security. Under that retirement system, Swedish citizens were, subject to certain requirements, entitled to a universal ...
Anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden have burnt and damaged several copies of the Koran in recent months, prompting outrage in the Muslim world and demands the Nordic governments ban such acts.
Life expectancy at birth in Sweden Health in Sweden has generally improved over time, with life expectancy increasing, and is at a high level in international comparison. [ 1 ] Life expectancy in 2021 was 84.8 years for women and 81.2 years for men and it increased 2.3 years on average from 2006 to 2019. [ 2 ]
Why was the risk to Sweden so severe in the spring of 2022 that you decided to break with that tradition and apply to join the NATO alliance? Prime Minister Kristersson: There were two fundamental ...
Blue Monday is the name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) said by a UK travel company, Sky Travel, to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first published in a 2005 press release from the company, which claimed to have calculated the date using an "equation".