Table 4.
Death rate * according to the type of meteorological disaster by gender and age, 1990-2008
| Total population | Flood | Typhoon | Storm | Cold | Lightning | Sum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 23,962,088 | 1.28 | 1.12 | 0.69 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 3.11 |
| Female | 23,770,470 | 0.96 | 0.61 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.63 |
| Age | |||||||
| 00-04 | 3,228,008 | 0.67 | 0.39 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.18 |
| 05-19 | 10,462,952 | 0.91 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.97 |
| 20-29 | 8,366,096 | 0.79 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 1.71 |
| 30-39 | 8,875,139 | 0.83 | 0.67 | 0.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.03 |
| 40-49 | 7,185,831 | 1.13 | 0.87 | 0.67 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 2.71 |
| 50-59 | 4,447,020 | 1.49 | 1.54 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 3.68 |
| 60-69 | 3,157,953 | 2.36 | 2.16 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.70 |
| 70-79 | 1,502,263 | 2.22 | 2.63 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.07 |
| 80+ | 507,296 | 4.38 | 5.14 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.74 |
* Annual average deaths per 1 million people calculated using the 2000 resident registration data for individuals over 5 years old of the Korean Statistical Information Service.