Table 2.
Leading causes of death among cancer patients compared to the Korean general population, 2000‐2016
| Rank | Cancer patients | General population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COD | Count | (%a, nc%b) | COD | Count | (%a, nc%b) | |
| Men | ||||||
| 1 | Malignant neoplasms (C00‐C97) | 633 273 | (88.9, ‐) | Malignant neoplasms (C00‐C97) | 740 183 | (25.3, ‐) |
| 2 | Heart diseases (I20‐I51) | 8 752 | (1.2, 12.4) | Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‐I69) | 239 129 | (8.2, 10.9) |
| 3 | Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‐I69) | 7 953 | (1.1, 11.3) | Heart diseases (I20‐I51) | 191 113 | (6.5, 8.7) |
| 4 | Intentional self‐harm (X60‐X84) | 7 710 | (1.1, 10.9) | Intentional self‐harm (X60‐X84) | 141 613 | (4.8, 6.5) |
| 5 | Diseases of liver (K70‐K76) | 5 500 | (0.8, 7.8) | Diseases of liver (K70‐K76) | 108 226 | (3.7, 4.9) |
| 6 | Pneumonia (J12‐J18) | 4 809 | (0.7, 6.8) | Transport accidents (V01‐V99) | 94 506 | (3.2, 4.3) |
| 7 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‐J47) | 4 358 | (0.6, 6.2) | Diabetes mellitus (E10‐E14) | 93 938 | (3.2, 4.3) |
| 8 | Diabetes mellitus (E10‐E14) | 3 948 | (0.6, 5.6) | Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‐J47) | 80 481 | (2.7, 3.7) |
| 9 | Transport accidents (V01‐V99) | 2 268 | (0.3, 3.2) | Pneumonia (J12‐J18) | 63 199 | (2.2, 2.9) |
| 10 | Tuberculosis (A15‐A19) | 1 250 | (0.2, 1.8) | Falls (W00‐W19) | 30 792 | (1.1, 1.4) |
| Women | ||||||
| 1 | Malignant neoplasms (C00‐C97) | 351 874 | (89.4, ‐) | Malignant neoplasms (C00‐C97) | 433 657 | (22.3, ‐) |
| 2 | Heart diseases (I20‐I51) | 5 422 | (1.4, 14.3) | Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‐I69) | 259 402 | (13.4, 17.2) |
| 3 | Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‐I69) | 5 296 | (1.3, 14.0) | Heart diseases (I20‐I51) | 187 722 | (9.7, 12.4) |
| 4 | Diabetes mellitus (E10‐E14) | 2 494 | (0.6, 6.6) | Diabetes mellitus (E10‐E14) | 93 500 | (4.8, 6.2) |
| 5 | Intentional self‐harm (X60‐X84) | 2 433 | (0.6, 6.4) | Intentional self‐harm (X60‐X84) | 66 855 | (3.4, 4.4) |
| 6 | Pneumonia (J12‐J18) | 1 934 | (0.5, 5.1) | Pneumonia (J12‐J18) | 58 940 | (3.0, 3.9) |
| 7 | Diseases of liver (K70‐K76) | 1 667 | (0.4, 4.4) | Hypertensive diseases (I10‐I13) | 56 209 | (2.9, 3.7) |
| 8 | Hypertensive diseases (I10‐I13) | 1 170 | (0.3, 3.1) | Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‐J47) | 52 254 | (2.7, 3.5) |
| 9 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‐J47) | 1 135 | (0.3, 3.0) | Transport accidents (V01‐V99) | 34 395 | (1.8, 2.3) |
| 10 | Transport accidents (V01‐V99) | 669 | (0.2, 1.8) | Diseases of liver (K70‐K76) | 28 126 | (1.4, 1.9) |
Causes of death were classified according to the 56 causes of death classification by the Statistics Korea. ICD‐10 codes for causes of death are in parentheses. Cancer patients were diagnosed from 2000 to 2016 and followed up to 31 December 2016. Causes of death of general population were ranked among people died from 2000 to 2016.
Abbreviations: COD, cause of death, nc, noncancer cause of death.
Percentage of total number of deaths, which was calculated as the number of specific cause of death divided by the total number of death.
Percentage of noncancer deaths, which was calculated as the number of specific cause of death divided by the total number of noncancer death.