Stop to think about that for just a minute. No shootings killing young people. No crime-ridden slums that are "No Go Zones" to the authorities.
Disease is kept under control. If a Swed becomes ill they receive treatment. End of discussion.
...In 2011, (click here) the most common cancer sites in men were prostate (32.2 percent), skin excluding melanoma (10.8 percent), colon (6.9 percent), lung (6.5 percent) and urinary organs (6.5 percent). In women, the most frequent sites are breast (30.3 percent), skin excluding melanoma (9.1 percent), colon (7.6 percent), lung (6.5 percent) and melanoma (5.9 percent). Despite these rates, recent developments have shown that cancer patients living in Sweden are less likely to die of cancer compared to those living in other European countries. Cancer survival rates in Sweden are 64.7 percent. In northern Europe, the rate is 59.6 percent....
Their health care delivery system is primarily local with county boards to track the area's health and provide for the well being of every Swed. Those on the county health care boards are elected.
Sweden is divided into 290 municipalities (click here) and 20 county councils. Swedish healthcare is decentralised – responsibility lies with the county councils and, in some cases, local councils or municipal governments. This is regulated by the Health and Medical Service Act. The role of the central government is to establish principles and guidelines, and to set the political agenda for health and medical care.
County councils are political bodies whose representatives are elected by county residents every four years on the same day as national general elections. Halland, Skåne and Västra Götaland county councils – as well as Gotland municipality – are called regional councils and have assumed responsibility for regional development from the state....
