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Average age of stockholm is 38.5 and london is 40.5 so there is at least a little difference there.
Yes we are likely healthier but im not sure its that easy. I know nothing of Belgium really but arent they of quite good health to?
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I know nothing of Belgium really but arent they of quite good health to?
Beer and frites? Not necessarily.
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That's interesting how close the average ages of the two cities are.
My post was just thinking out loud really.
I'm well aware you could live in parts of London and not see "old" people.
case in point - The average age of the street I grew up on is definitely younger now than when my parents moved there 40 years ago.
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Belgium is fine. They just count all suspected C19 related deaths. The UK is different. We let doctors in private nursing homes (for example) make that decision.
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nomoreknees
miro_o
I lived in Stockholm for a brief period 17 years ago.
Something I found very unsettling were how few older people there were around.
I grew up in south London so the idea of public transport being generationally diverse was ingrained in me.
This was just not the case in Stockholm.
My then girlfriend explained that many, many people would leave the city as soon as they retired.
I think this goes a long way to explaining some of the variations we see in the Swedish figures.
A large proportion of the most vulnerable to the disease aren't living in the areas with the highest population density.
I would also imagine the average health level in sweden is higher than the UK so those that do get it have more chance of not being affected as badly.
Just musing out loud.