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Life and death in the Nordic Region – How has the pandemic affected health and life expectancy

23.03.22 | Arrangement
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On Nordic Day, 23 March, the biannual report State of the Nordic Region will be launched with a series of events across five Nordic countries. The Icelandic event will shed light on the COVID pandemic’s impact on health and demographics in the Nordic Region.

The event is both in person and livestreamed.

Informasjon

Dates
23.03.2022
Time
13:00 - 13:45
Location

Norræna húsið
Sæmundargata 11
Reykjavík
Island

Type
Event

Live from 13.00 am (CET), the 23 of March

The report  "State of the Nordic Region 2022" will reveal that, perhaps surprisingly, life expectancy for both sexes increased in Iceland, Norway, Finland, Denmark and the Faroe Islands in 2020, even though the general trend across Europe was a reduction in life expectancy. However, Sweden stands out as the Nordic country with the highest excess mortality - 8% in 2020. This had an adverse effect on life expectancy, which in the same year declined by 0.7 years for males and 0.4 years for females in the country.

The report will also show that, overall, there were 4% more deaths in the Nordic Region in 2020 compared to the average for 2015–2019. These and further insights from the report help us to gain a better understanding of how Nordic healthcare and healthcare co-operation fared during the pandemic. It is also important to put these figures into perspective and investigate the pandemic’s effects on both mental and physical wellbeing in the Nordic countries.

Panel discussion

The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion at which the speakers will reflect on the new insights.

Keynote speakers

  • Dr. Nora Sanchez Gassen, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio

  • Derek T. Allen, President of the National Union of Icelandic Students

  • Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Icelandic Minister for Nordic Co-operation

 

Panel

  • Ragnar Freyr Ingvarsson, former senior physician for the COVID outpatient department

  • Eva Lindh, Chairman of the Nordic Council’s Committee for Welfare in the Nordic Region

  • Dóra Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, Division Chief at the Directorate of Health  

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