Excess mortality for men and women above age 70 according to level of care during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: A population-based study.

Background: Both age and comorbidity are established risk factors for death among those infected with COVID-19. Because they often co-exist, it is difficult to assess if age is a risk factor on its own.

Methods: We used administrative register data of the total Swedish population from 01/2015 until 07/2020.

The rate by which mortality increase with age is the same for those who experienced chronic disease as for the general population.

Background: Mortality doubles approximately every 6-7 years during adulthood. This exponential increase in death risk with chronological age is the population-level manifestation of ageing, and often referred to as the rate-of-ageing.

Objective: We explore whether the onset of severe chronic disease alters the rate-of-ageing.

Disability pensions related to heavy physical workload: a cohort study of middle-aged and older workers in Sweden.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine the associations between heavy physical workload among middle-aged and older workers and disability pension due to any diagnosis, as well as musculoskeletal, psychiatric, cardiovascular or respiratory diagnoses. The population-based design made it possible to examine dose-response and potential gender differences in the associations.

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