Colours: The coloured curves represent Swedish males (blue) and females (red); for comparison,
the light grey curves represent males (upper grey curve) and females (lower) in England & Wales.
Comment: The peak Swedish mortality rates at 80-89 years in this graph were in 1867, as were the peak rates at 70-79 years; however, the similar looking peaks
at ages <1 year and 35-69 years were in 1868, and those at age 1-14 years were in 1869, implying no common cause for all of these peaks.
Method: Mortality rates were downloaded from the Human Mortality Database (see www.mortality.org or
www.humanmortality.de)
on 4 December 2009. The plotted lines connect unsmoothed values.
Colours: The coloured curves represent Swedish males (blue) and females (red); for comparison, the light grey curves represent males (upper grey curve) and females (lower) in England & Wales.
Comment: The peak Swedish mortality rates at 80-89 years in this graph were in 1867, as were the peak rates at 70-79 years; however, the similar looking peaks at ages <1 year and 35-69 years were in 1868, and those at age 1-14 years were in 1869, implying no common cause for all of these peaks.
Method: Mortality rates were downloaded from the Human Mortality Database (see www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de) on 4 December 2009. The plotted lines connect unsmoothed values.