Health & care in Sala Municipality

Key facts

Sala ranks 224 of 290 municipalities for Life expectancy, women (2025).
Source: SCB via Kolada N00925 · 2025
Sala ranks 5 of 10 in Västmanlands län for Life expectancy, women (2025).
Source: SCB via Kolada N00925 · 2025
Life expectancy, women in Sala is 83.9 years, in line with the national level (85.1 years, 2025).
Source: SCB via Kolada N00925 · 2025
Life expectancy, women in Sala increased from 83.8 years (2015) to 83.9 years (2025).
Source: SCB via Kolada N00925 · 2015–2025

Life expectancy, healthcare and elderly care in Sala. Sources: National Board of Health and Kolada — latest year 2025.

Latest data year: 2025 · 6 indicators · Package version: v9 · Updated: 2026-08-04

Short answer: Sala in figures

Life expectancy, women: 83.9 years (2025). Sweden: 85.1 years (−1.1 years). Rank 224 (shared) of 290. Change since 2020: +0.8 % (relative change).
Source: SCB via Kolada N00925
Life expectancy, men: 80.9 years (2025). Sweden: 81.8 years (−0.9 years). Rank 190 of 290. Change since 2020: +1.2 % (relative change).
Source: SCB via Kolada N00923
Home care users satisfied overall (%): 94.9 % (2025). Sweden: 84.9 % (+9.9 pp). Rank 22 of 289. Change since 2020: +1.9 pp.
Source: Socialstyrelsen via Kolada U21468

National figure and rank use the same year and value as the municipal figure; otherwise they are omitted. Rank 1 = highest value. Election-cycle series are not given annual trends. Missing values are not shown as zero.

Life expectancy, women

83.9 years

2025 · +0.8 % vs 2020

Life expectancy, men

80.9 years

2025 · +1.2 % vs 2020

Home care users satisfied overall (%)

94.9 %

2025 · +1.9 pp vs 2020

All indicators

Life expectancy, women

83.9 years(2025)

20142025

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Source: SCB via Kolada N00925 (Kolada:N00925) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed

Source: SCB via Kolada N00925 · 2014–2025 · Observation (source value) · Method · Report an error

Sala: 83.9 years · 2025

Sweden: 85.1 years · difference −1.1 years

Shared rank 224 of 290 municipalities with comparable data.

Nearest ranks

Raw values for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. Equal raw values share a rank. Higher does not necessarily mean better.

=221Tomelilla83.9 years · +0.0 years
223Älvsbyn83.9 years · +0.0 years
=224Karlshamn83.9 years · 0.0 years
=224Sala83.9 years · 0.0 years
226Malå83.9 years · −0.0 years
227Storfors83.9 years · −0.0 years
=228Malung-Sälen83.9 years · −0.0 years

Source: SCB via Kolada N00925. Definition: Life expectancy, women

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Life expectancy, men

80.9 years(2025)

20142025

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Source: SCB via Kolada N00923 (Kolada:N00923) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed

Source: SCB via Kolada N00923 · 2014–2025 · Observation (source value) · Method · Report an error

Sala: 80.9 years · 2025

Sweden: 81.8 years · difference −0.9 years

Rank 190 of 290 municipalities with comparable data.

Nearest ranks

Raw values for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. Equal raw values share a rank. Higher does not necessarily mean better.

187Höör80.9 years · +0.0 years
188Bjurholm80.9 years · +0.0 years
189Grums80.9 years · +0.0 years
190Sala80.9 years · 0.0 years
191Örkelljunga80.8 years · −0.0 years
192Eda80.8 years · −0.0 years
193Borås80.8 years · −0.0 years

Source: SCB via Kolada N00923. Definition: Life expectancy, men

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Home care users satisfied overall (%)

94.9 %(2025)

20142025

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Source: Socialstyrelsen via Kolada U21468 (Kolada:U21468) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed

Source: Socialstyrelsen via Kolada U21468 · 2014–2025 · Observation (source value) · Method · Report an error

Sala: 94.9 % · 2025

Sweden: 84.9 % · difference +9.9 pp

Rank 22 of 289 municipalities with comparable data.

Nearest ranks

Raw values for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. Equal raw values share a rank. Higher does not necessarily mean better.

19Högsby95.2 % · +0.3 pp
20Karlsborg95.1 % · +0.2 pp
21Hagfors94.9 % · +0.0 pp
22Sala94.9 % · 0.0 pp
23Ockelbo94.8 % · −0.1 pp
24Säter94.8 % · −0.1 pp
25Torsby94.7 % · −0.1 pp

Source: Socialstyrelsen via Kolada U21468. Definition: Home care users satisfied overall (%)

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Residential elderly care users satisfied overall (%)

71.7 %(2025)

20142025

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Source: Socialstyrelsen via Kolada U23471 (Kolada:U23471) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed

Source: Socialstyrelsen via Kolada U23471 · 2014–2025 · Observation (source value) · Method · Report an error

Sala: 71.7 % · 2025

Sweden: 78.9 % · difference −7.1 pp

Rank 239 of 289 municipalities with comparable data.

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Raw values for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. Equal raw values share a rank. Higher does not necessarily mean better.

=236Hallsberg71.9 % · +0.2 pp
=236Hammarö71.9 % · +0.2 pp
238Sundsvall71.8 % · +0.1 pp
239Sala71.7 % · 0.0 pp
240Lindesberg71.7 % · −0.1 pp
241Partille71.6 % · −0.1 pp
242Eskilstuna71.5 % · −0.2 pp

Source: Socialstyrelsen via Kolada U23471. Definition: Residential elderly care users satisfied overall (%)

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Ill-health rate, days per insured person

29.1 days(2025)

20142025

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Source: Försäkringskassan via Kolada N00957 (Kolada:N00957) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed

Source: Försäkringskassan via Kolada N00957 · 2014–2025 · Observation (source value) · Method · Report an error

Sala: 29.1 days · 2025

Sweden: 22.0 days · difference +7.1 days

Shared rank 92 of 290 municipalities with comparable data.

Nearest ranks

Raw values for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. Equal raw values share a rank. Higher does not necessarily mean better.

=90Lidköping29.6 days · +0.5 days
=90Ovanåker29.6 days · +0.5 days
=92Mariestad29.1 days · 0.0 days
=92Sala29.1 days · 0.0 days
=94Karlskoga29.0 days · −0.1 days
=94Östra Göinge29.0 days · −0.1 days
=96Orust28.9 days · −0.2 days

Source: Försäkringskassan via Kolada N00957. Definition: Ill-health rate, days per insured person

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Ongoing stress-related sick leave, annual average share of population (%)

0.52 %(2025)

20142025

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Source: Försäkringskassan via Kolada N00103 (Kolada:N00103) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed

Source: Försäkringskassan via Kolada N00103 · 2014–2025 · Observation (source value) · Method · Report an error

Sala: 0.5 % · 2025

Sweden: 0.5 % · difference +0.1 pp

Rank 111 of 290 municipalities with comparable data.

Nearest ranks

Raw values for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. Equal raw values share a rank. Higher does not necessarily mean better.

108Borlänge0.5 % · +0.0 pp
109Surahammar0.5 % · +0.0 pp
110Ljusnarsberg0.5 % · +0.0 pp
111Sala0.5 % · 0.0 pp
112Falun0.5 % · −0.0 pp
113Aneby0.5 % · −0.0 pp
114Nora0.5 % · −0.0 pp

Source: Försäkringskassan via Kolada N00103. Definition: Ongoing stress-related sick leave, annual average share of population (%)

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Deep dive

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Year	Value (år)
2014	83.6
2015	83.8
2016	83.5
2017	83.5
2018	83.4
2019	83.6
2020	83.2
2021	83.7
2022	83.7
2023	83.9
2024	84
2025	83.9

Year	Value (år)
2014	80.1
2015	80.7
2016	81.1
2017	81.3
2018	80.9
2019	80.7
2020	79.9
2021	80.5
2022	80.2
2023	80.4
2024	80.9
2025	80.9

Year	Value (%)
2014	86
2015	81
2016	77
2017	73
2018	77
2019	90
2020	82
2022	76
2023	79
2024	87.5
2025	71.7

Year	Value (dagar)
2014	32.2
2015	34.3
2016	34.5
2017	33
2018	30
2019	28.1
2020	26.5
2021	27.1
2022	26.9
2023	28.3
2024	29
2025	29.1

Year	Value (%)
2014	0.3
2015	0.5
2016	0.6
2017	0.7
2018	0.7
2019	0.6
2020	0.5
2021	0.6
2022	0.7
2023	0.8
2024	0.6
2025	0.5