Understanding the rapid increase in life expectancy in South Korea.
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| Title: | Understanding the rapid increase in life expectancy in South Korea. |
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| Authors: | Yang S (AUTHOR), Khang Y (AUTHOR), Harper S (AUTHOR), Smith GD (AUTHOR), Leon DA (AUTHOR), Lynch J (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | American Journal of Public Health. May2010, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p896-903. 8p. |
| Subjects: | Life expectancy, Age differences, Mortality, Etiology of diseases, Population health, Prevention |
| Geographic Terms: | South Korea |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: We assessed life expectancy increases in the past several decades in South Korea by age and specific causes of death. METHODS: We applied Arriaga's decomposition method to life table data (1970-2005) and mortality statistics (1983-2005) to estimate age- and cause-specific contributions to changes in life expectancy. RESULTS: Reductions in infant mortality made the largest age-group contribution to the life expectancy increase. Reductions in cardiovascular diseases (particularly stroke and hypertensive diseases) contributed most to longer life expectancy between 1983 and 2005 (30% in males and 28% in females). Lower rates of stomach cancer, liver disease, tuberculosis, and external-cause mortality accounted for 30% of the male and 20% of the female increase in longevity. However, higher mortality from ischemic heart disease, lung and bronchial cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, diabetes, and suicide offset gains by 10% in both genders. CONCLUSIONS: Rapid increases in life expectancy in South Korea were mostly achieved by reductions in infant mortality and in diseases related to infections and blood pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: We assessed life expectancy increases in the past several decades in South Korea by age and specific causes of death. METHODS: We applied Arriaga's decomposition method to life table data (1970-2005) and mortality statistics (1983-2005) to estimate age- and cause-specific contributions to changes in life expectancy. RESULTS: Reductions in infant mortality made the largest age-group contribution to the life expectancy increase. Reductions in cardiovascular diseases (particularly stroke and hypertensive diseases) contributed most to longer life expectancy between 1983 and 2005 (30% in males and 28% in females). Lower rates of stomach cancer, liver disease, tuberculosis, and external-cause mortality accounted for 30% of the male and 20% of the female increase in longevity. However, higher mortality from ischemic heart disease, lung and bronchial cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, diabetes, and suicide offset gains by 10% in both genders. CONCLUSIONS: Rapid increases in life expectancy in South Korea were mostly achieved by reductions in infant mortality and in diseases related to infections and blood pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00900036 |
| DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2009.160341 |
