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South Korea Population Pyramid
 


South Korea
SOUTH KOREA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
72.3
79.6
75.9
40
30
36
2010
75.6
82.3
78.8
28
23
25
 
 
South Korea
SOUTH KOREA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
75.6
82.3
28
23
Age 5
77.1
83.8
32
13
Age 10
77.1
83.8
32
13
Age 15
77.2
83.9
32
11
Age 20
77.3
83.9
32
13
Age 25
77.5
84.0
32
12
Age 30
77.6
84.2
35
11
Age 35
77.9
84.4
35
11
Age 40
78.1
84.5
37
11
Age 45
78.5
84.7
36
11
Age 50
79.1
85.0
35
11
Age 55
79.8
85.3
37
12
Age 60
80.7
85.7
40
12
Age 65
81.8
86.2
42
13
Age 70
83.2
86.9
47
18
Age 75
85.1
87.9
46
29
Age 80
87.4
89.5
53
32
Age 85
90.3
91.7
55
37
Age 90
93.7
94.5
65
47
Age 95
97.6
98.1
72
44
Age 100
101.9
102.2
85
48
 
 
South Korea
SOUTH KOREA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Stroke
38,497
17.19
2 Coronary Heart Disease
20,496
9.15
3 Lung Cancers
16,437
7.34
4 Diabetes Mellitus
13,766
6.15
5 Stomach Cancer
12,794
5.71
6 Liver Cancer
11,797
5.27
7 Suicide
11,408
5.10
8 Road Traffic Accidents
7,570
3.38
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7,562
3.38
10 Liver Disease
7,408
3.31
11 Alzheimers/Dementia
6,882
3.07
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
6,832
3.05
13 Lung Disease
6,587
2.94
14 Hypertension
6,509
2.91
15 Pancreas Cancer
3,948
1.76
16 Other Injuries
3,845
1.72
17 Falls
3,818
1.71
18 Tuberculosis
3,608
1.61
19 Kidney Disease
3,498
1.56
20 Asthma
2,916
1.30
21 Lymphomas
2,061
0.92
22 Breast Cancer
1,799
0.80
23 Oesophagus Cancer
1,718
0.77
24 Parkinson Disease
1,576
0.70
25 Leukemia
1,567
0.70
  Deaths %
26 Prostate Cancer
1,384
0.62
27 Bladder Cancer
1,182
0.53
28 Cervical Cancer
1,159
0.52
29 Endocrine Disorders
1,110
0.50
30 Alcohol
1,075
0.48
31 Violence
1,075
0.48
32 Other Neoplasms
1,018
0.45
33 Oral Cancer
1,012
0.45
34 Inflammatory/Heart
994
0.44
35 Ovary Cancer
791
0.35
36 Drownings
776
0.35
37 Skin Disease
745
0.33
38 Congenital Anomalies
720
0.32
39 Hepatitis B
648
0.29
40 Low Birth Weight
621
0.28
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
572
0.26
42 Epilepsy
502
0.22
43 Skin Cancers
435
0.19
44 Fires
417
0.19
45 Rheumatic Heart Disease
317
0.14
46 Poisonings
314
0.14
47 Hepatitis C
291
0.13
48 Uterin Cancer
283
0.13
49 Birth Trauma
247
0.11
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
200
0.09
 
 
South Korea
SOUTH KOREA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
65.14
128
2 Coronary Heart Disease
34.72
189
3 Lung Cancers
27.29
31
4 Diabetes Mellitus
23.02
113
5 Stomach Cancer
21.36
10
6 Suicide
20.05
13
7 Liver Cancer
19.52
10
8 Road Traffic Accidents
13.67
109
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.65
55
10 Liver Disease
12.25
71
11 Alzheimers/Dementia
11.99
23
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
11.89
158
13 Lung Disease
11.19
150
14 Hypertension
11.19
154
15 Other Injuries
6.72
152
16 Falls
6.58
35
17 Pancreas Cancer
6.57
44
18 Tuberculosis
6.13
101
19 Kidney Disease
5.91
158
20 Breast Cancer
5.54
188
21 Asthma
5.00
84
22 Lymphomas
3.49
147
23 Leukemia
2.87
137
24 Oesophagus Cancer
2.84
89
25 Parkinson Disease
2.62
25
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Congenital Anomalies
2.45
186
27 Low Birth Weight
2.38
153
28 Prostate Cancer
2.34
165
29 Endocrine Disorders
2.02
163
30 Violence
1.98
130
31 Bladder Cancer
1.98
103
32 Cervical Cancer
1.94
148
33 Alcohol
1.78
43
34 Other Neoplasms
1.78
135
35 Inflammatory/Heart
1.75
175
36 Oral Cancer
1.68
158
37 Drownings
1.46
147
38 Ovary Cancer
1.32
168
39 Skin Disease
1.29
113
40 Hepatitis B
1.08
71
41 Epilepsy
0.97
153
42 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.97
168
43 Birth Trauma
0.95
153
44 Fires
0.76
134
45 Skin Cancers
0.74
131
46 Poisonings
0.55
164
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.54
168
48 Hepatitis C
0.49
73
49 Uterin Cancer
0.47
150
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.33
115
 
 
South Korea
SOUTH KOREA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
27.29
31
2 Stomach Cancer
21.36
10
3 Liver Cancer
19.52
10
4 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.65
55
5 Pancreas Cancer
6.57
44
6 Breast Cancer
5.54
188
7 Lymphomas
3.49
147
8 Leukemia
2.87
137
9 Oesophagus Cancer
2.84
89
  Rate World Rank
10 Prostate Cancer
2.34
165
11 Bladder Cancer
1.98
103
12 Cervical Cancer
1.94
148
13 Other Neoplasms
1.78
135
14 Oral Cancer
1.68
158
15 Ovary Cancer
1.32
168
16 Skin Cancers
0.74
131
17 Uterin Cancer
0.47
150
 
 
South Korea
SOUTH KOREA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
14.8
7
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
53.3
5.7
15
83
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
5.3
14.4
131
132
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
193
101

 
South Korea
SOUTH KOREA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
48,508,972
25
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
Population 0-14
16.8 %
157
Population 15-64
72.3 %
8
Population 65 +
10.8 %
51
Birth Rate / 1000
8.93
183
Death Rate / 1000
5.94
143
Fertulity Rate
1.21
189
Infant Mortality
4.26
175
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.07
24
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.10
8
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.04
35
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.67
158
Net Migrattion
-0.33
84
Population Growth
0.27
153
Literacy Total
97.9
55
Literacy Male
99.2
29
Literacy Female
96.6
56
Unemployment
3.2
138
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
78.8
25
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
71.0
30
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$26,000
39
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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