'Died from' or 'died with' COVID-19
There are a few regional studies in progress, some have already reported data, in Sweden evaluating cause of death for patients reported as COVID-deaths. Trying to understand if the patient “died from” or “died with” COVID-19.
Here is a summary of what is known so far:
|
Region |
Status of evaluating cause of death (continuously updated) |
|
Kronoberg |
Analysis of 49 patients who died in the hospitals in two cities within the region identify 45% attributing 45% of the deaths to COVID-19. https://lakartidningen.se/aktuellt/nyheter/2020/08/covid-19-framsta-dodsorsaken-for-halften-av-avlidna-pa-sjukhus/ |
|
Östergötland |
Study of cause of death certificate suggest that 15% died of other reasons than COVID-19. 15% clearly died from COVID. Study included 122 patients, representing 51% of the deaths. This analysis is for patients who died outside the hospital. |
This is a summary of the regional differences based on the population by end of 2019 and the reporting from the public health institute 2020-09-17. Stockholm is highlighted as this is where most deaths has occurred:
|
Region |
Population 2019 |
# of infected |
# / ICU |
#/ICU/ |
# deaths |
#/death/ |
|
Blekinge |
159 606 |
621 |
9 |
6 |
17 |
10,7 |
|
Dalarna |
287 966 |
2 347 |
67 |
23 |
174 |
60,4 |
|
Gävleborg |
287 382 |
3 284 |
72 |
25 |
167 |
58,1 |
|
Gotland |
59 686 |
324 |
7 |
12 |
6 |
10,1 |
|
Halland |
333 848 |
2 346 |
40 |
12 |
83 |
24,9 |
|
Jämtland |
130 810 |
1 221 |
20 |
15 |
64 |
48,9 |
|
Jönköping |
363 599 |
5 199 |
96 |
26 |
181 |
49,8 |
|
Kalmar |
245 446 |
907 |
31 |
13 |
64 |
26,1 |
|
Kronoberg |
201 469 |
1 537 |
25 |
12 |
116 |
57,6 |
|
Norrbotten |
250 093 |
1 682 |
60 |
24 |
88 |
35,2 |
|
Örebro |
304 805 |
2 849 |
84 |
28 |
172 |
56,4 |
|
Östergötland |
465 495 |
3 943 |
108 |
23 |
277 |
59,5 |
|
Skåne |
1 377 827 |
5 320 |
121 |
9 |
276 |
20,0 |
|
Södermanland |
297 540 |
2 454 |
133 |
45 |
254 |
85,4 |
|
Stockholm |
2 377 081 |
23 633 |
931 |
39 |
2 400 |
101,0 |
|
Uppsala |
383 713 |
3 908 |
158 |
41 |
243 |
63,3 |
|
Värmland |
282 414 |
1 237 |
33 |
12 |
73 |
25,8 |
|
Västerbotten |
271 736 |
897 |
34 |
13 |
31 |
11,4 |
|
Västernorrland |
245 347 |
1 880 |
51 |
21 |
136 |
55,4 |
|
Västmanland |
275 845 |
2 846 |
55 |
20 |
183 |
66,3 |
|
Västra Götaland |
1 725 881 |
19 450 |
455 |
26 |
859 |
49,8 |
|
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|
Sweden |
10 327 589 |
87 885 |
2 590 |
25 |
5 864 |
56,8 |