Table 5.
Cause-specific death rates for leading causes of death (2003 to 2015) and age-standardised (with the 2005 Korean census and world standard populations as references) mortality rates (per 100 000 person-years) in the national health insurance service-senior (NHIS-Senior) cohort
| Rank | All | Men | Women | |||||||||
| Cause of death | Crude rates | Age-standardised rates | Cause of death | Crude rates | Age-standardised rates | Cause of death | Crude rates | Age-standardised rates | ||||
| Census | WHO | Census | WHO | Census | WHO | |||||||
| 1 | Malignant neoplasms | 578.5 | 620.3 | 634.7 | Malignant neoplasms | 934.3 | 1003.8 | 1032.1 | Malignant neoplasms | 337.8 | 364.4 | 376.7 |
| 2 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 265.3 | 286.1 | 307.0 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 336.7 | 361.7 | 386.0 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 217.0 | 235.7 | 256.0 |
| 3 | Heart disease | 191.5 | 202.8 | 222.7 | Heart disease | 233.3 | 247.5 | 267.6 | Heart disease | 160.6 | 170.7 | 190.8 |
| 4 | Diabetes mellitus | 106.1 | 114.2 | 119.1 | Diabetes mellitus | 130.9 | 138.6 | 143.8 | Diabetes mellitus | 87.8 | 96.2 | 101.3 |
| 5 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 73.2 | 78.7 | 87.1 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 129.2 | 67.8 | 154.8 | Pneumonia | 48.3 | 49.1 | 58.7 |
| 6 | Pneumonia | 64.9 | 67.5 | 78.7 | Pneumonia | 96.4 | 101.5 | 117.4 | Hypertensive diseases | 47.8 | 50.0 | 57.6 |
| 7 | Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 51.0 | 53.8 | 54.5 | Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 84.1 | 88.3 | 90.0 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 41.6 | 43.7 | 49.8 |
| 8 | Hypertensive diseases | 47.5 | 49.3 | 56.3 | Diseases of liver | 67.5 | 67.8 | 68.0 | Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 27.5 | 29.7 | 30.3 |
| 9 | Diseases of liver | 40.3 | 40.7 | 41.0 | Transport accidents | 56.3 | 58.5 | 59.0 | Alzheimer’s disease | 24.0 | 23.8 | 28.9 |
| 10 | Transport accidents | 34.8 | 36.3 | 63.4 | Hypertensive diseases | 43.7 | 45.4 | 50.7 | Diseases of liver | 19.2 | 20.0 | 20.7 |
*The cause of death was classified using the list of 56 causes of death provided by Statistics Korea, which originated from the list of 80 causes of death for the tabulation of mortality statistics recommended by the WHO.