The aging population in Sweden: Can declining incidence rates in MI, stroke and cancer counterbalance the future demographic challenges?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-145

  Modig, Karin ^a   Drefahl, Sven ^b   Andersson, Tomas ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Demography; Incidence trends; Myocardial infarction; Projections; Stroke; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; STROKE; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGISTRIES; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860281409     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9653-2     Document Type: Article

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