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> The per capita rate is far lower than nearby Denmark or the Netherlands (if higher than the negligible rates in Norway and Finland). According to this articl

by Yver 6y ago

> The per capita rate is far lower than nearby Denmark or the Netherlands (if higher than the negligible rates in Norway and Finland). According to this article, Sweden's per capita infection rate is far lower than Denmark and the Netherlands, and slightly higher than Norway and Finland. Compare that to population density: (numbers from Wikipedia) Netherlands: 521/km² Denmark: 137/km² Sweden: 25/km² Finland: 16/km² Norway: 14/km² Not so coincidentally in my opinion, Sweden has a far lower population density than Denmark and the Netherlands, and slightly higher than Norway and Finland.

emtel 6y ago
This comparison is too simplistic to be useful. Sweden and Norway have a couple of large cities, and then endless swaths of nearly-uninhabited tundra. If you count Greenland as part of Denmark, its density probably drops to below that of Norway or Sweden, but it's easy to see why that wouldn't tell you anything useful about covid. It's much better to compare metro regions (e.g. stockholm metro vs copenhagen metro) against each other, if you can find the appropriate case data.
rightbyte 6y ago
You should compare persons/km2 for each person really. E.g. median amount of people in a 10 km circle around each person or w/e. Having a lot of empty forest doesn't help much. I can't find any such data though.
- samatman 6y ago
  y'know that's too bad, isn't it. As soon as you described that statistic I realized that normalized population density is a really interesting fact about countries and states, and it isn't one I've seen laid out that way.
dawidw 6y ago
Density in Swedish cities is similar to density in cities in other European countries.
mcguire 6y ago
Let's see, Sweden has about 10,000,000 people, a population density of 25/km^2. Arizona has a population of about 7,300,000 and a density of 23/km^2. Minnesota has a population of 5,600,000 and a density of 26/km^2. Cases Deaths D/M Sweden 92,000 5900 583 Arizona 220,000 5600 776 Minnesota 99,000 2100 370 NJ 209,000 16,000 1829 Calif. 820,000 16,000 401 NM 30,000 875 417 The only thing I see eyeballing it is that Sweden is probably under counting cases.

by Yver 6y ago

emtel 6y ago

This comparison is too simplistic to be useful. Sweden and Norway have a couple of large cities, and then endless swaths of nearly-uninhabited tundra. If you count Greenland as part of Denmark, its density probably drops to below that of Norway or Sweden, but it's easy to see why that wouldn't tell you anything useful about covid. It's much better to compare metro regions (e.g. stockholm metro vs copenhagen metro) against each other, if you can find the appropriate case data.

rightbyte 6y ago

You should compare persons/km2 for each person really. E.g. median amount of people in a 10 km circle around each person or w/e. Having a lot of empty forest doesn't help much. I can't find any such data though.

samatman 6y ago
y'know that's too bad, isn't it. As soon as you described that statistic I realized that normalized population density is a really interesting fact about countries and states, and it isn't one I've seen laid out that way.

dawidw 6y ago

Density in Swedish cities is similar to density in cities in other European countries.

mcguire 6y ago

Let's see, Sweden has about 10,000,000 people, a population density of 25/km^2. Arizona has a population of about 7,300,000 and a density of 23/km^2. Minnesota has a population of 5,600,000 and a density of 26/km^2. Cases Deaths D/M Sweden 92,000 5900 583 Arizona 220,000 5600 776 Minnesota 99,000 2100 370 NJ 209,000 16,000 1829 Calif. 820,000 16,000 401 NM 30,000 875 417 The only thing I see eyeballing it is that Sweden is probably under counting cases.