Table 3.
Rankings of 10 leading causes of death based on three ranking lists in Korea, 1998, 2008, and 2018
| 1998 (N = 245,825) | 2008 (N = 246,113) | 2018 (N = 298,820) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Cause | % | Rate | Cause | % | Rate | Cause | % | Rate |
| Government list | |||||||||
| 1 | Cancer | 20.9 | 109.5 | Cancer | 28.0 | 139.5 | Cancer | 26.5 | 154.3 |
| 2 | Stroke | 14.1 | 74.1 | Stroke | 11.3 | 56.5 | Heart Dis | 10.7 | 62.4 |
| 3 | Heart Dis | 7.4 | 38.9 | Heart Dis | 8.7 | 43.4 | Pneumonia | 7.8 | 45.4 |
| 4 | Transport inj | 4.9 | 25.8 | Suicide | 5.2 | 26.0 | Stroke | 7.7 | 44.7 |
| 5 | Liver Dis | 4.7 | 24.8 | Diabetes | 4.2 | 20.7 | Suicide | 4.6 | 26.6 |
| 6 | Diabetes | 4.0 | 21.2 | CLRD | 3.0 | 14.9 | Diabetes | 2.9 | 17.1 |
| 7 | Suicide | 3.5 | 18.6 | Transport inj | 3.0 | 14.7 | Liver Dis | 2.3 | 13.4 |
| 8 | CLRD | 2.4 | 12.7 | Liver Dis | 2.9 | 14.5 | CLRD | 2.2 | 12.9 |
| 9 | Hypertension | 1.6 | 8.5 | Pneumonia | 2.2 | 11.1 | Alzheim Dis | 2.1 | 12.0 |
| 10 | Resp TB | 1.4 | 7.2 | Hypertension | 1.9 | 9.6 | Hypertension | 2.0 | 11.8 |
| World Health Organization list | |||||||||
| 1 | Stroke | 14.1 | 93.1 | Stroke | 11.3 | 47.9 | Stroke | 7.7 | 23.9 |
| 2 | Stomach ca | 4.6 | 28.2 | Suicide | 6.3 | 27.1 | Influ & Pneu | 8.0 | 23.6 |
| 3 | Cirrhosis | 4.7 | 26.8 | Lung ca | 6.0 | 24.7 | Suicide | 5.1 | 22.3 |
| 4 | Transport Inj | 4.9 | 26.1 | IHD | 5.2 | 21.7 | Lung ca | 6.0 | 19.3 |
| 5 | Diabetes | 4.0 | 25.9 | Liver ca | 4.6 | 18.5 | IHD | 4.9 | 15.2 |
| 6 | Lung ca | 3.9 | 24.8 | Diabetes | 4.2 | 17.3 | Liver ca | 3.6 | 12.1 |
| 7 | Liver ca | 3.8 | 22.7 | Stomach ca | 4.2 | 17.3 | Colon ca | 2.9 | 9.5 |
| 8 | Suicide | 3.9 | 20.1 | CLRD | 3.0 | 12.8 | Demen & AD | 3.3 | 9.2 |
| 9 | IHD | 3.1 | 19.8 | Transport Inj | 2.9 | 12.7 | Diabetes | 2.9 | 9.2 |
| 10 | CLRD | 2.4 | 16.6 | Cirrhosis | 2.9 | 11.7 | Stomach ca | 2.6 | 8.6 |
| Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation list | |||||||||
| 1 | Stroke | 18.1 | 145.8 | Stroke | 13.3 | 70.1 | Stroke | 11.3 | 43.8 |
| 2 | IHD | 8.5 | 72.5 | IHD | 8.6 | 47.4 | IHD | 8.8 | 34.8 |
| 3 | Stomach Ca | 6.5 | 42.1 | Lung Ca | 6.6 | 29.0 | Lung Ca | 7.3 | 26.1 |
| 4 | Cirrhosis | 6.0 | 35.6 | Demen & AD | 4.1 | 26.7 | Demen & AD | 5.8 | 24.2 |
| 5 | Lung Ca | 5.3 | 35.1 | Suicide | 6.1 | 26.0 | Influ & Pneu | 5.0 | 20.2 |
| 6 | Transport Inj | 5.7 | 30.1 | Diabetes | 5.0 | 23.6 | Suicide | 4.8 | 19.7 |
| 7 | Diabetes | 4.2 | 28.2 | Stomach Ca | 5.1 | 22.5 | Liver Ca | 4.6 | 16.1 |
| 8 | Asthma | 2.7 | 27.4 | Liver Ca | 4.9 | 20.5 | Diabetes | 4.0 | 15.0 |
| 9 | Demen & AD | 2.2 | 26.7 | COPD | 3.2 | 18.2 | Stomach Ca | 3.8 | 14.0 |
| 10 | COPD | 2.5 | 23.4 | Influ & Pneu | 2.7 | 16.3 | Colon Ca | 3.7 | 13.7 |
Ca Cancer, Cirrhosis Liver cirrhosis, CLRD Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease, Demen & AD Dementia & Alzheimer Disease, Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Dis Disease, IHD Ischemic Heart Disease, Influ & Pneu Influenza & Pneumonia, Inj Injuries
The rate was age-standardized using WHO 2000 age structure as standard