Table 1.
All and cause-specific external-cause mortality by industry in Republic of Korea, 2018
| Industry classification | Total workers |
All external-cause death |
Cause-specific death |
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| Suicide |
Transport |
Others |
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| N | (%) | N | Rate per 100,000 |
N | Rate per 100,000 |
N | Rate per 100,000 |
N | Rate per 100,000 |
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| Crude | Standardized∗ (95% CI) | Crude | Standardized∗ (95% CI) | Crude | Standardized∗ (95% CI) | Crude | Standardized∗ (95% CI) | |||||||||||
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 32,442 | (0.3) | 22 | 67.8 | 48.1 | ((24.6–71.5) | 6 | 18.5 | 19.7 | (1.8–37.6) | 10 | 30.8 | 15.1 | (5.7–24.5) | 6 | 18.5 | 13.3 | (1.4–25.1) |
| Mining and quarrying | 8,957 | (0.1) | 21 | 234.5 | 90.0 | (48.2–131.7) | 4 | 44.7 | 25.5 | (0.0–53.7) | 6 | 67.0 | 21.3 | (4.1–38.5) | 11 | 122.8 | 43.1 | (17.5–68.7) |
| Manufacturing | 3,468,129 | (28.1) | 1,111 | 32.0 | 27.5 | (25.6–29.4) | 615 | 17.7 | 14.3 | (13.0–15.7) | 223 | 6.4 | 5.8 | (4.8–6.7) | 273 | 7.9 | 7.5 | (6.5–8.5) |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 75,843 | (0.6) | 17 | 22.4 | 12.3 | (6.0–18.6) | 10 | 13.2 | 7.7 | (2.4–13.0) | 6 | 7.9 | 4.0 | (0.8–7.3) | 1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | (0.0–1.7) |
| Water supply; sewage, waste management, materials recovery | 71,888 | (0.6) | 42 | 58.4 | 39.3 | (23.2–55.4) | 17 | 23.6 | 12.2 | (6.3–18.1) | 12 | 16.7 | 11.5 | (2.4–20.6) | 13 | 18.1 | 15.5 | (3.7–27.4) |
| Construction | 658,228 | (5.3) | 299 | 45.4 | 34.2 | (28.2–40.3) | 157 | 23.9 | 17.1 | (13.3–20.8) | 69 | 10.5 | 7.9 | (5.2–10.7) | 73 | 11.1 | 9.2 | (5.4–13.1) |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 1,469,391 | (11.9) | 420 | 28.6 | 31.2 | (27.8–34.7) | 278 | 18.9 | 18.9 | (16.4–21.5) | 73 | 5.0 | 6.6 | (4.9–8.4) | 69 | 4.7 | 5.7 | (4.2–7.2) |
| Transportation and storage | 567,427 | (4.6) | 347 | 61.2 | 42.0 | (35.7–48.4) | 199 | 35.1 | 22.6 | (18.5–26.6) | 80 | 14.1 | 13.0 | (8.4–17.6) | 68 | 12.0 | 6.5 | (4.8–8.2) |
| Accommodation and food service activities | 548,311 | (4.4) | 155 | 28.3 | 34.4 | (27.9–40.9) | 86 | 15.7 | 19.3 | (14.5–24.0) | 42 | 7.7 | 9.1 | (5.7–12.4) | 27 | 4.9 | 6.1 | (3.2–8.9) |
| Information and communication | 601,886 | (4.9) | 95 | 15.8 | 16.9 | (11.7–22.1) | 71 | 11.8 | 12.9 | (8.0–17.7) | 7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | (0.2–2.4) | 17 | 2.8 | 2.7 | (1.2–4.2) |
| Financial and insurance activities | 471,540 | (3.8) | 68 | 14.4 | 17.0 | (9.9–24.2) | 47 | 10.0 | 7.9 | (5.3–10.4) | 9 | 1.9 | 5.0 | (0.0–10.2) | 12 | 2.5 | 4.2 | (0.0–8.3) |
| Real estate activities | 252,311 | (2.0) | 92 | 36.5 | 30.6 | (20.8–40.5) | 45 | 17.8 | 16.9 | (9.6–24.2) | 17 | 6.7 | 4.2 | (2.1–6.3) | 30 | 11.9 | 9.5 | (3.2–15.8) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical activities | 703,081 | (5.7) | 137 | 19.5 | 20.6 | (15.8–25.3) | 85 | 12.1 | 12.5 | (9.1–15.8) | 22 | 3.1 | 2.6 | (1.5–3.7) | 30 | 4.3 | 5.5 | (2.3–8.7) |
| Business facilities management and business support services; rental and leasing activities | 949,369 | (7.7) | 290 | 30.5 | 31.4 | (27.7–35.2) | 179 | 18.9 | 19.8 | (16.8–22.8) | 66 | 7.0 | 6.9 | (5.1–8.6) | 45 | 4.7 | 4.7 | (3.3–6.2) |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 271,624 | (2.2) | 134 | 49.3 | 46.5 | (38.2–54.8) | 59 | 21.7 | 21.6 | (15.7–27.5) | 41 | 15.1 | 14.0 | (9.6–18.4) | 34 | 12.5 | 11.0 | (7.2–14.7) |
| Education | 381,295 | (3.1) | 59 | 15.5 | 21.9 | (15.0–28.7) | 40 | 10.5 | 12.4 | (7.9–16.9) | 12 | 3.1 | 6.5 | (2.0–10.9) | 7 | 1.8 | 3.0 | (0.5–5.5) |
| Human health and social work activities | 1,399,262 | (11.3) | 218 | 15.6 | 25.6 | (20.6–30.6) | 142 | 10.1 | 15.1 | (11.3–18.9) | 35 | 2.5 | 4.5 | (2.4–6.6) | 41 | 2.9 | 6.0 | (3.5–8.6) |
| Arts, sports, and recreation-related services | 130,664 | (1.1) | 31 | 23.7 | 22.4 | (14.1–30.8) | 17 | 13.0 | 12.3 | (6.2–18.4) | 8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | (1.6–10.7) | 6 | 4.6 | 4.0 | (0.6–7.4) |
| Membership organizations, repair and other personal services | 274,647 | (2.2) | 83 | 30.2 | 29.2 | (22.7–35.7) | 49 | 17.8 | 17.4 | (12.4–22.5) | 20 | 7.3 | 6.5 | (3.6–9.5) | 14 | 5.1 | 5.3 | (2.5–8.1) |
| Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies | 12,314 | (0.1) | 5 | 40.6 | 21.4 | (2.5–40.2) | 2 | 16.2 | 7.6 | (0.0–18.2) | 1 | 8.1 | 3.9 | (0.0–11.5) | 2 | 16.2 | 9.9 | (0.0–23.5) |
| Total | 12,348,609 | (100.0) | 3,646 | 29.5 | 29.4 | (28.4–30.5) | 2,108 | 17.1 | 16.2 | (15.5–16.9) | 759 | 6.1 | 6.6 | (6.1–7.1) | 779 | 6.3 | 6.6 | (6.1–7.1) |
| Rate difference† | 220.1 | 77.7 | 34.7 | 17.9 | 65.8 | 20.0 | 121.5 | 42.5 | ||||||||||
∗
Age- and sex-standardized mortality by direct standardization method.
†
Calculated by subtracting the value of the lowest industry from the value of the highest industry.