Publications

Photo: Iceland during the 21st Nordic Demographic Symposium 2019
Credit: Sven Drefahl

You’ll find an overview of my research on this page, although it doesn’t include any preprints or working papers. For a more comprehensive overview, including these documents, please refer to my curriculum vitae, which should contain the most complete information. I also regularly update my google scholar profile and maintain Orcid page to a lesser extent.

2023

Drefahl, Sven; Mussino, Eleonora

How does the age of the youngest child affect parental survival? Journal Article

In: Genus, vol. 79, no. 1, pp. 10, 2023.

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Oksuzyan, Anna; Drefahl, Sven; Caputo, Jennifer; Aradhya, Siddartha

Is it Better to Intermarry? Immigration Background of Married Couples and Suicide Risk Among Native-Born and Migrant Persons in Sweden Journal Article

In: European Journal of Population, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 8, 2023.

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Meyer, Anna C; Ebeling, Marcus; Drefahl, Sven; Hedström, Margareta; Ek, Stina; Sandström, Glenn; Modig, Karin

The Impact of Hip Fracture on Geriatric Care and Mortality Among Older Swedes: Mapping Care Trajectories and Their Determinants Journal Article

In: American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 192, no. 1, pp. 41–50, 2023.

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2022

Kolk, Martin; Drefahl, Sven; Wallace, Matthew; Andersson, Gunnar

Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account Journal Article

In: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, vol. 50, no. 1, 2022.

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Wallace, Matthew; Thomas, Michael J.; Aburto, José Manuel; Pallesen, Anna Vera Jørring; Mortensen, Laust Hvas; Syse, Astri; Drefahl, Sven

Immigration, mortality, and national life expectancy in the Nordic region, 1990–2019 Journal Article

In: SSM - Population Health, vol. 19, pp. 101177, 2022, ISSN: 2352-8273.

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Caputo, Jennifer; Carollo, Angela; Mussino, Eleonora; Ahrenfeldt, Linda Juel; Lindahl-Jacobsen, Rune; Drefahl, Sven; Oksuzyan, Anna

Spousal order of migration, gender, and hospitalization among immigrants in Denmark Journal Article

In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 172-179, 2022, ISSN: 1403-4948.

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2021

Billingsley, Sunnee; Brandén, Maria; Aradhya, Siddartha; Drefahl, Sven; Andersson, Gunnar; Mussino, Eleonora

COVID-19 mortality across occupations and secondary risks for elderly individuals in the household: A population register-based study. Journal Article

In: Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 52–60, 2021.

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Aradhya, Siddartha; Brandén, Maria; Drefahl, Sven; Obućina, Ognjen; Andersson, Gunnar; Rostila, Mikael; Mussino, Eleonora; Juárez, Sol Pía

Intermarriage and COVID-19 mortality among immigrants. A population-based cohort study from Sweden. Journal Article

In: BMJ open, vol. 11, no. 9, pp. e048952, 2021, ISSN: 2044-6055.

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Andersson, Gunnar; Drefahl, Sven

Risken att dö i covid-19 större för utrikesfödda och utsatta grupper [not peer-reviewed] Journal Article

In: Läkartidningen [Journal of the Swedish Medical Association], vol. 4-5, 2021.

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Kolk, Martin; Drefahl, Sven; Wallace, Matthew; Andersson, Gunnar

Överdödlighet och dödlighet i covid-19 i Sverige under 2020 [Excess mortality and mortality in Covid-19 in Sweden in 2020] Technical Report

Institutet för framtidsstudier, Stockholm [Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm] 2021.

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Meyer, Anna C; Ek, Stina; Drefahl, Sven; Ahlbom, Anders; Hedström, Margareta; Modig, Karin

Trends in Hip Fracture Incidence, Recurrence, and Survival by Education and Comorbidity: A Swedish Register-based Study Journal Article

In: Epidemiology, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 425–433, 2021, ISSN: 1044-3983, (Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)).

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2020

Caputo, Jennifer; Carollo, Angela; Mussino, Eleonora; Ahrenfeldt, Linda Juel; Lindahl-Jacobsen, Rune; Drefahl, Sven; Oksuzyan, Anna

Spousal order of migration, gender, and hospitalization among immigrants in Denmark Journal Article

In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, pp. 140349482094472, 2020, ISSN: 1403-4948, (Publisher: SAGE Publications).

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Brandén, Maria; Aradhya, Siddartha; Kolk, Martin; Härkönen, Juho; Drefahl, Sven; Malmberg, Bo; Rostila, Mikael; Cederström, Agneta; Andersson, Gunnar; Mussino, Eleonora

Residential context and COVID-19 mortality among adults aged 70 years and older in Stockholm: a population-based, observational study using individual-level data Journal Article

In: The Lancet Healthy Longevity, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. e80–e88, 2020, ISSN: 2666-7568, (Publisher: Elsevier BV).

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Erlangsen, Annette; Drefahl, Sven; Haas, Ann; Bjorkenstam, Charlotte; Nordentoft, Merete; Andersson, Gunnar

Suicide among persons who entered same-sex and opposite-sex marriage in Denmark and Sweden, 1989–2016: a binational, register-based cohort study Journal Article

In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 78–83, 2020, ISSN: 0143-005X, (Publisher: BMJ).

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Wilson, Ben; Drefahl, Sven; Sasson, Isaac; Henery, Paul M; Uggla, Caroline

Regional trajectories in life expectancy and lifespan variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic welfare states Journal Article

In: Population, Space and Place, vol. 26, no. 8, 2020, ISSN: 1544-8444, (Publisher: Wiley).

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Meyer, Anna C; Drefahl, Sven; Ahlbom, Anders; Lambe, Mats; Modig, Karin

Trends in life expectancy: did the gap between the healthy and the ill widen or close? Journal Article

In: BMC Medicine, vol. 18, no. 1, 2020, ISSN: 1741-7015, (Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC).

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Drefahl, Sven; Wallace, Matthew; Mussino, Eleonora; Aradhya, Siddartha; Kolk, Martin; Brandén, Maria; Malmberg, Bo; Andersson, Gunnar

A population-based cohort study of socio-demographic risk factors for COVID-19 deaths in Sweden. Journal Article

In: Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 5097, 2020, ISSN: 2041-1723, (Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC).

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2019

Monti, Andrea; Drefahl, Sven; Mussino, Eleonora; Härkönen, Juho

Over-coverage in population registers leads to bias in demographic estimates Journal Article

In: Population Studies, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 451–469, 2019, ISSN: 0032-4728, (Publisher: Informa UK Limited).

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Oksuzyan, Anna; Mussino, Eleonora; Drefahl, Sven

Sex differences in mortality in migrants and the Swedish-born population: Is there a double survival advantage for immigrant women? Journal Article

In: International Journal of Public Health, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 377–386, 2019, ISSN: 1661-8556, (Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC).

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Carollo, Angela; Oksuzyan, Anna; Drefahl, Sven; Camarda, Carlo Giovanni; Ahrenfeldt, Linda Juel; Christensen, Kaare; van Raalte, Alyson

Is the age difference between partners related to womentextbackslashtextquotesingles earnings? Journal Article

In: Demographic Research, vol. 41, pp. 425–460, 2019, (Publisher: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research).

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2018

Juárez, Sol P; Drefahl, Sven; Dunlavy, Andrea; Rostila, Mikael

All-cause mortality, age at arrival, and duration of residence among adult migrants in Sweden: A population-based longitudinal study Journal Article

In: SSM - Population Health, vol. 6, pp. 16–25, 2018, ISSN: 2352-8273, (Publisher: Elsevier BV).

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Modig, Karin; Drefahl, Sven; Ahlbom, Anders

Närmar vi oss Gränsen? [Are we approaching a limit?] Journal Article

In: Läkartidningen [Journal of the Swedish Medical Association], vol. 115, no. E7Y3, 2018.

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Billingsley, Sunnee; Drefahl, Sven; Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus

An application of diagonal reference models and time-varying covariates in social mobility research on mortality and fertility Journal Article

In: Social Science Research, vol. 75, pp. 73–82, 2018, ISSN: 0049-089X, (Publisher: Elsevier BV).

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2017

Drefahl, Sven; Kolk, Martin; Turunen, Jani

Dödlighet (Mortality) Book Section

In: Demografi, pp. 67–92, Studentlitteratur, 2017, ISBN: 978-91-44-11903-8.

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Andersson, Gunnar; Drefahl, Sven

Long-Distance Migration and Mortality in Sweden: Testing the Salmon Bias and Healthy Migrant Hypotheses Journal Article

In: Population Space and Place, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. e2032, 2017, ISSN: 1544-8444, (Publisher: Wiley Type: Journal Article).

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2016

Lagergren, Jesper; Andersson, Gunnar; Talbäck, Mats; Drefahl, Sven; Bihagen, Erik; Härkönen, Juho; Feychting, Maria; Ljung, Rickard

Marital status, education, and income in relation to the risk of esophageal and gastric cancer by histological type and site: Socioeconomics and Esophagogastric Cancer Journal Article

In: Cancer, vol. 122, no. 2, pp. 207–212, 2016, ISSN: 0008-543X, (Publisher: Wiley).

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2015

Drefahl, Sven

J. Anson and M. Luy (Eds.): Mortality in an International Perspective Technical Report

Springer Science and Business Media LLC no. 1, 2015, (Publication Title: European Journal of Population Volume: 32).

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Karampampa, Korinna; Ahlbom, Anders; Michaelsson, K; Andersson, Thomas; Drefahl, Sven; Modig, Karin

Declining incidence trends for hip fractures have not been accompanied by improvements in lifetime risk or post-fracture survival - A nationwide study of the Swedish population 60 years and older Journal Article

In: Bone, vol. 78, pp. 55–61, 2015, (Publisher: Elsevier BV).

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2014

Rigattieri, Stefano; Sciahbasi, Alessandro; Drefahl, Sven; Mussino, Eleonora; Cera, Maria; Russo, Cristian Di; Fedele, Silvio; Pugliese, Francesco Rocco

Transradial access and radiation exposure in diagnostic and interventional coronary procedures. Journal Article

In: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 469–474, 2014, ISSN: 1557-2501.

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Santis, Gustavo De; Drefahl, Sven; Vignoli, Daniele

A Period Total Fertility Rate with Covariates for Short-Panel Data Journal Article

In: Population, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 419–432, 2014, (Publisher: CAIRN).

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Donrovich, Robyn; Drefahl, Sven; Koupil, Ilona

Early life conditions, partnership histories, and mortality risk for Swedish men and women born 1915–1929 Journal Article

In: Social Science & Medicine, vol. 108, pp. 60–67, 2014, ISSN: 0277-9536, (Publisher: Elsevier BV).

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Karampampa, Korinna; Andersson, Tomas; Drefahl, Sven; Ahlbom, Anders; Modig, Karin

Does Improved Survival Lead to a More Fragile Population: Time Trends in Second and Third Hospital Admissions among Men and Women above the Age of 60 in Sweden Journal Article

In: PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. e99034, 2014, ISSN: 1932-6203, (Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)).

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Drefahl, Sven; Ahlbom, Anders; Modig, Karin

Losing Ground - Swedish Life Expectancy in a Comparative Perspective Journal Article

In: PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. e88357, 2014, (Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)).

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Caselli, Graziella; Drefahl, Sven; Wegner-Siegmundt, Christian; Luy, Marc

Future Mortality in Low Mortality Countries Book Section

In: Lutz, Wolfgang; Butz, William P; KC, Samir (Ed.): World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century, pp. 226–272, Oxford University Press, 2014.

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2013

Karampampa, Korinna; Drefahl, Sven; Andersson, Tomas; Ahlbom, Anders; Modig, Karin

Trends in age at first hospital admission in relation to trends in life expectancy in Swedish men and women above the age of 60 Journal Article

In: BMJ Open, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. e003447, 2013, (Publisher: BMJ).

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Modig, Karin; Andersson, Tomas; Drefahl, Sven; Ahlbom, Anders

Age-Specific Trends in Morbidity, Mortality and Case-Fatality from Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Advanced Age: Evaluation in the Swedish Population Journal Article

In: PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. e64928, 2013, (Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)).

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Modig, Karin; Drefahl, Sven; Ahlbom, Anders

Limitless longevity: Comment on the Contribution of rectangularization to the secular increase of life expectancy Journal Article

In: International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 914–916, 2013, (Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)).

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Ljung, Rickard; Drefahl, Sven; Andersson, Gunnar; Lagergren, Jesper

Socio-Demographic and Geographical Factors in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Mortality in Sweden Journal Article

In: PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. e62067, 2013, (Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)).

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2012

Drefahl, Sven; Lundström, Hans; Modig, Karin; Ahlbom, Anders

The Era of Centenarians: Mortality of the Oldest Old in Sweden Journal Article

In: Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 272, no. 1, pp. 100–102, 2012, (Publisher: Wiley).

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Modig, Karin; Drefahl, Sven; Andersson, Thomas; Ahlbom, Anders

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

In: European Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 139–145, 2012, (Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC).

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Drefahl, Sven

Do the Married Really Live Longer? The Role of Cohabitation and Socioeconomic Status Journal Article

In: Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 462–475, 2012, ISSN: 1741-3737, (Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd).

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Vignoli, Daniele; Drefahl, Sven; Santis, Gustavo De

Whose job instability affects the likelihood of becoming a parent in Italy? A tale of two partners Journal Article

In: Demographic Research, vol. 26, pp. 41–62, 2012, (Publisher: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research).

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2010

Drefahl, Sven

How does the age gap between partners affect their survival? Journal Article

In: Demography, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 313–326, 2010, (Publisher: Duke University Press).

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Ahlbom, Anders; Drefahl, Sven; Lundström, Hans

Den åldrande befolkningen (The Aging Population) Journal Article

In: Läkartidningen (Journal of the Swedish Medical Association), 2010.

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2009

Drefahl, Sven

Ein jüngerer Partner - ein längeres Leben? [not peer-reviewed] Journal Article

In: Demografische Forschung aus erster Hand, vol. 6, no. 1, 2009.

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2005

Drefahl, Sven

The Influence of Season in Persons Aged 105+ inGermany Masters Thesis

University of Rostock, 2005.

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