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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
As you enter your senior years, I say, meh, he was never that useful anyways.
Not surprisingly, deaths are disproportionately among the old (and other vulnerable populations) almost everywhere. But even if you're ready to dismiss 2/3 of the deaths as "eh, it's just Mom", Sweden is still a shitshow worse than most other shitshows. And that 5-9 month median remaining life - what bullshit is that? There is virtually no age at which remaining life is that short. Look at an actuarial table. Future life expectancy doesn't get that short until you are well past 100 years old. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html(But now I see what you did - that article is written by a sociologist - e.g., someone with no relevant expertise and little understanding of either stats or healthcare).
And besides the deaths, this is a disease that leaves many of those who contract it with lifelong impairments that will have social and personal costs. The toll will be felt for several decades. |
Life expectancy once you're in a nursing home has to be lower than the overall age cohort, though.
That said, Minnesota is running at about 74% of deaths in long term care facilities, so Sweden is doing slightly worse on non-long term care deaths than Minnesota.
