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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea
SOUTH KOREA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
72.3
79.6
75.9
40
30
36
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
75.6
82.3
78.8
28
23
25
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  South Korea
SOUTH KOREA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
75.6
82.3
28
23
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
78.1
84.8
32
13
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
78.1
84.8
32
13
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
78.2
84.9
32
11
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
78.3
84.9
32
13
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
78.5
85.0
32
12
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
78.6
85.2
35
11
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
78.9
85.4
35
11
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
79.1
85.5
37
11
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
79.5
85.7
36
11
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
80.1
86.0
35
11
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
80.8
86.3
37
12
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
81.7
86.7
40
12
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
82.8
87.2
42
13
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.2
87.9
47
18
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.1
88.9
46
29
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.4
90.5
53
32
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.3
92.7
55
37
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.7
95.5
65
47
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.6
99.1
72
44
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
103.2
85
48
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea
SOUTH KOREA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
65.14
128
  
36.89
160
2 Coronary Heart Disease
34.72
189
  
68.80
155
3 Lung Cancers
27.29
31
  
30.98
18
4 Diabetes Mellitus
23.02
113
  
5.04
185
5 Stomach Cancer
21.36
10
  
4.81
130
6 Suicide
20.05
13
  
6.90
101
7 Liver Cancer
19.52
10
  
3.07
164
8 Road Traffic Accidents
13.67
109
  
4.77
180
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.65
55
  
15.49
33
10 Liver Disease
12.25
71
  
9.48
96
11 Alzheimers/Dementia
11.99
23
  
17.08
14
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
11.89
158
  
23.69
125
13 Lung Disease
11.19
150
  
21.47
98
14 Hypertension
11.19
154
  
3.67
183
15 Other Injuries
6.72
152
  
5.54
170
16 Falls
6.58
35
  
3.51
109
17 Pancreas Cancer
6.57
44
  
6.81
39
18 Tuberculosis
6.13
101
  
0.41
170
19 Kidney Disease
5.91
158
  
3.23
185
20 Breast Cancer
5.54
188
  
23.62
20
21 Asthma
5.00
84
  
1.09
153
22 Lymphomas
3.49
147
  
7.35
36
23 Leukemia
2.87
137
  
4.39
63
24 Oesophagus Cancer
2.84
89
  
7.62
30
25 Parkinson Disease
2.62
25
  
3.48
8
26 Congenital Anomalies
2.45
186
  
3.68
164
27 Low Birth Weight
2.38
153
  
3.39
144
28 Prostate Cancer
2.34
165
  
8.21
58
29 Endocrine Disorders
2.02
163
  
3.13
147
30 Violence
1.98
130
  
1.14
160
31 Bladder Cancer
1.98
103
  
4.27
28
32 Cervical Cancer
1.94
148
  
1.38
161
33 Alcohol
1.78
43
  
1.10
76
34 Other Neoplasms
1.78
135
  
2.95
92
35 Inflammatory/Heart
1.75
175
  
2.97
152
36 Oral Cancer
1.68
158
  
2.39
113
37 Drownings
1.46
147
  
0.35
187
38 Ovary Cancer
1.32
168
  
3.96
20
39 Skin Disease
1.29
113
  
1.50
104
40 Hepatitis B
1.08
71
  
0.07
177
41 Epilepsy
0.97
153
  
1.57
104
42 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.97
168
  
2.54
123
43 Birth Trauma
0.95
153
  
0.64
166
44 Fires
0.76
134
  
0.45
158
45 Skin Cancers
0.74
131
  
2.74
32
46 Poisonings
0.55
164
  
2.81
89
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.54
168
  
0.90
140
48 Hepatitis C
0.49
73
  
0.23
107
49 Uterin Cancer
0.47
150
  
1.53
64
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.33
115
  
0.67
68
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  South Korea
SOUTH KOREA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Stroke
38,497
17.19
  
55,919
11.98
2 Coronary Heart Disease
20,496
9.15
  
92,299
19.77
3 Lung Cancers
16,437
7.34
  
35,845
7.68
4 Diabetes Mellitus
13,766
6.15
  
6,682
1.43
5 Stomach Cancer
12,794
5.71
  
6,006
1.29
6 Liver Cancer
11,797
5.27
  
3,470
0.74
7 Suicide
11,408
5.10
  
4,660
1.00
8 Road Traffic Accidents
7,570
3.38
  
3,073
0.66
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7,562
3.38
  
18,951
4.06
10 Liver Disease
7,408
3.31
  
7,767
1.66
11 Alzheimers/Dementia
6,882
3.07
  
29,116
6.24
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
6,832
3.05
  
37,348
8.00
13 Lung Disease
6,587
2.94
  
29,069
6.23
14 Hypertension
6,509
2.91
  
5,191
1.11
15 Pancreas Cancer
3,948
1.76
  
7,954
1.70
16 Other Injuries
3,845
1.72
  
6,029
1.29
17 Falls
3,818
1.71
  
4,450
0.95
18 Tuberculosis
3,608
1.61
  
443
0.09
19 Kidney Disease
3,498
1.56
  
4,804
1.03
20 Asthma
2,916
1.30
  
1,260
0.27
21 Lymphomas
2,061
0.92
  
8,744
1.87
22 Breast Cancer
1,799
0.80
  
14,343
3.07
23 Oesophagus Cancer
1,718
0.77
  
8,762
1.88
24 Parkinson Disease
1,576
0.70
  
5,348
1.15
25 Leukemia
1,567
0.70
  
5,077
1.09
26 Prostate Cancer
1,384
0.62
  
11,508
2.46
27 Bladder Cancer
1,182
0.53
  
5,842
1.25
28 Cervical Cancer
1,159
0.52
  
1,322
0.28
29 Endocrine Disorders
1,110
0.50
  
3,056
0.65
30 Alcohol
1,075
0.48
  
862
0.18
31 Violence
1,075
0.48
  
703
0.15
32 Other Neoplasms
1,018
0.45
  
3,829
0.82
33 Oral Cancer
1,012
0.45
  
2,428
0.52
34 Inflammatory/Heart
994
0.44
  
3,014
0.65
35 Ovary Cancer
791
0.35
  
4,366
0.94
36 Drownings
776
0.35
  
233
0.05
37 Skin Disease
745
0.33
  
2,188
0.47
38 Congenital Anomalies
720
0.32
  
1,950
0.42
39 Hepatitis B
648
0.29
  
57
0.01
40 Low Birth Weight
621
0.28
  
1,386
0.30
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
572
0.26
  
3,294
0.71
42 Epilepsy
502
0.22
  
1,201
0.26
43 Skin Cancers
435
0.19
  
2,947
0.63
44 Fires
417
0.19
  
380
0.08
45 Rheumatic Heart Disease
317
0.14
  
1,204
0.26
46 Poisonings
314
0.14
  
1,805
0.39
47 Hepatitis C
291
0.13
  
189
0.04
48 Uterin Cancer
283
0.13
  
1,852
0.40
49 Birth Trauma
247
0.11
  
262
0.06
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
200
0.09
  
905
0.19
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea
SOUTH KOREA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
27.29
31
  
30.98
18
2 Stomach Cancer
21.36
10
  
4.81
130
3 Liver Cancer
19.52
10
  
3.07
164
4 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.65
55
  
15.49
33
5 Pancreas Cancer
6.57
44
  
6.81
39
6 Breast Cancer
5.54
188
  
23.62
20
7 Lymphomas
3.49
147
  
7.35
36
8 Leukemia
2.87
137
  
4.39
63
9 Oesophagus Cancer
2.84
89
  
7.62
30
10 Prostate Cancer
2.34
165
  
8.21
58
11 Bladder Cancer
1.98
103
  
4.27
28
12 Cervical Cancer
1.94
148
  
1.38
161
13 Other Neoplasms
1.78
135
  
2.95
92
14 Oral Cancer
1.68
158
  
2.39
113
15 Ovary Cancer
1.32
168
  
3.96
20
16 Skin Cancers
0.74
131
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.47
150
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  South Korea
SOUTH KOREA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
48,508,972
25
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
16.8 %
157
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
72.3 %
8
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
10.8 %
51
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
8.93
183
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
5.94
143
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.21
189
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
4.26
175
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.07
24
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.10
8
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.04
35
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.67
158
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.33
84
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.27
153
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
97.9
55
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.2
29
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
96.6
56
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
3.2
138
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
78.8
25
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
71.0
30
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$26,000
39
  
$36,600
23
 

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