Smallpox death rate versus life expectancy in Sweden

The period life expectancy at birth versus the smallpox death rate per 10,000 people in Sweden.

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Data source: UN WPP (2024); HMD (2024); Zijdeman et al. (2015); Riley (2005); Edwardes (1902)Learn more about this data

Note: Shown is the ‘period life expectancy’. This is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates in the current year were to stay the same throughout its life.

Smallpox death rate versus life expectancy in Sweden

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