Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 45.71
2010 16.41
2015 10.38
2019 12.79

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 6.20
2010 7.40
2015 7.46
2019 6.81

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 48.09
2010 76.18
2015 82.16
2019 80.40

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 18.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 20.40 in 2011, while its lowest value was 18.60 in 2006.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 19.90
2001 19.70
2002 20.00
2003 19.40
2004 19.00
2005 18.70
2006 18.60
2007 19.30
2008 20.10
2009 20.10
2010 20.30
2011 20.40
2012 20.20
2013 20.20
2014 20.20
2015 20.30
2016 20.10
2017 19.30
2018 18.60
2019 18.60

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 29.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 32.60 in 2015, while its lowest value was 28.40 in 2005.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 29.60
2001 29.30
2002 30.10
2003 29.10
2004 28.70
2005 28.40
2006 28.50
2007 29.40
2008 31.10
2009 31.40
2010 32.10
2011 32.40
2012 32.10
2013 32.20
2014 32.30
2015 32.60
2016 32.20
2017 31.00
2018 29.70
2019 29.80

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 23.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 26.10 in 2015, while its lowest value was 23.20 in 2005.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 24.10
2001 24.00
2002 24.50
2003 23.80
2004 23.50
2005 23.20
2006 23.20
2007 23.90
2008 25.10
2009 25.30
2010 25.80
2011 26.00
2012 25.80
2013 25.80
2014 25.90
2015 26.10
2016 25.80
2017 24.90
2018 23.90
2019 23.90

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 158.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 288.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 207.20

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 1.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.60 in 2016 and a minimum value of 1.30 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.30
2001 1.30
2002 1.30
2003 1.30
2004 1.30
2005 1.30
2006 1.30
2007 1.30
2008 1.40
2009 1.40
2010 1.50
2011 1.50
2012 1.50
2013 1.50
2014 1.50
2015 1.60
2016 1.60
2017 1.50
2018 1.40
2019 1.40

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 1.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.30 in 2015 and a minimum value of 1.00 in 2003.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.10
2001 1.10
2002 1.10
2003 1.00
2004 1.00
2005 1.00
2006 1.00
2007 1.10
2008 1.10
2009 1.10
2010 1.20
2011 1.20
2012 1.20
2013 1.20
2014 1.20
2015 1.30
2016 1.20
2017 1.20
2018 1.10
2019 1.10

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 1.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 1.50 in 2003.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.60
2001 1.60
2002 1.60
2003 1.50
2004 1.60
2005 1.50
2006 1.50
2007 1.60
2008 1.70
2009 1.70
2010 1.80
2011 1.80
2012 1.80
2013 1.90
2014 1.90
2015 2.00
2016 2.00
2017 1.80
2018 1.70
2019 1.80

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 7.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 7.60 in 2018.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 9.00
2001 8.80
2002 8.70
2003 8.30
2004 8.10
2005 8.00
2006 7.90
2007 8.10
2008 8.30
2009 8.20
2010 8.30
2011 8.40
2012 8.30
2013 8.40
2014 8.40
2015 8.60
2016 8.50
2017 8.00
2018 7.60
2019 7.60

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 11.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.50 in 2015 and a minimum value of 9.90 in 2005.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 10.60
2001 10.40
2002 10.40
2003 10.00
2004 10.00
2005 9.90
2006 10.00
2007 10.00
2008 10.60
2009 10.70
2010 10.80
2011 11.10
2012 11.10
2013 11.40
2014 11.60
2015 12.50
2016 12.30
2017 11.60
2018 11.00
2019 11.20

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 9.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.50 in 2015 and a minimum value of 8.90 in 2005.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 9.80
2001 9.50
2002 9.50
2003 9.20
2004 9.00
2005 8.90
2006 8.90
2007 9.00
2008 9.40
2009 9.40
2010 9.50
2011 9.70
2012 9.70
2013 9.90
2014 10.00
2015 10.50
2016 10.40
2017 9.80
2018 9.30
2019 9.40

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 24.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.20 in 2019 and a minimum value of 22.30 in 2001.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 22.70
2001 22.30
2002 22.50
2003 23.00
2004 22.70
2005 22.60
2006 23.20
2007 23.70
2008 23.70
2009 23.40
2010 23.30
2011 23.50
2012 23.30
2013 23.20
2014 23.50
2015 23.50
2016 24.10
2017 23.80
2018 24.10
2019 24.20

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 1.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors