Health in Korea 1,020 indicators covering health for Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Cardiovascular disease death rate males vs females 72.48 2022 down 31.9% 109th Chronic respiratory diseases death rate who mdb 12.24 2022 down 31.3% 89th Death rate from digestive diseases who mdb 13.78 2022 down 14.9% 85th Death rate from maternal disorders 0.0543 2022 down 49.5% 80th Cardiovascular disease death crude rate who mdb 134.68 2022 up 15.0% 92nd Cardiovascular disease death rate over time males vs females 45.34 2022 down 34.9% 109th Cancer death rate crude vs age standardized who mdb 78.08 2022 down 26.4% 82nd Maternal mortality rate who mdb 0.0543 2022 down 49.5% 80th Stomach cancer death rate 6.7 2022 down 49.9% 30th Colon and rectum cancer death rate 8.34 2022 down 29.0% 67th Breast cancer death rate in women 6.13 2022 up 11.2% 101st Cervical cancer death rate in women 1.6 2022 down 31.7% 84th Prostate cancer death rate in men 5.12 2022 down 15.2% 96th Death rate from cancer by sex 110.52 2022 down 31.5% 59th Cardiovascular disease death rate crude versus age standardized 58.05 2022 down 32.2% 109th New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old 1.74 2022 down 29.5% 77th Death rate from cardiovascular diseases age group who mdb 1.39 2022 down 29.4% 96th Pharmacists 42,722 2023 up 31.3% 16th Tuberculosis death rate age standardized 1.54 2021 down 66.1% 122nd Age-standardized suicide rates 20.58 2021 down 28.3% 9th Number of deaths in children aged <5 years, by cause 187.78 2021 down 55.8% 111th Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a 27.28 2021 down 20.1% 151st Total NCD Deaths 245,782 2021 up 19.5% 31st Probability (%) of dying between age 30 and exact age 70 from any of 6.9% 2021 down 33.0% 184th Life expectancy at age 60 26.16 2021 up 8.7% 2nd Age-standardized NCD mortality rate 223.24 2021 down 28.3% 184th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.2486 2021 down 29.5% 136th Life expectancy at birth 83.8 2021 up 3.5% 3rd Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years) 53.54 2021 down 29.3% 176th Previously treated cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 100.0% 2024 up 85.2% 1st Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 19.63 2021 up 8.0% 3rd nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n 0.0025 2021 down 26.3% 170th nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n 0.0025 2021 down 26.2% 170th lx - number of people left alive at age x 100,000 2021 unchanged 1st nLx - person-years lived between ages x and x+n 99,778 2021 up 0.1% 15th Tx - person-years lived above age x 8.38 million 2021 up 3.5% 3rd ex - expectation of life at age x 83.8 2021 up 3.5% 3rd Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth 72.45 2021 up 2.9% 3rd ndx - number of people dying between ages x and x+n 246.8 2021 down 26.2% 170th Cardiovascular death rate vs gdp per capita 60.31 2021 down 37.0% 191st Suicide rate vs income inequality 20.55 2021 down 28.0% 11th Life expectancy at birth who gho 83.8 2021 up 3.5% 3rd Deaths from falls 3,049 2021 up 27.9% 29th Death rate from falls 5.88 2021 up 21.2% 76th Death rate from natural disasters 0 2021 down 100.0% 83rd Deaths from natural disasters 0 2021 down 100.0% 89th Number of deaths who 317,727 2021 up 23.4% 34th Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who 0.613 2021 up 17.1% 157th Deaths from fires and burns who 279.56 2021 up 0.1% 61st Death rate from fires and burns who 0.54 2021 down 5.3% 152nd Deaths from diarrheal diseases who 1,010 2021 up 21.6% 64th Death rate from diarrheal diseases who 1.95 2021 up 15.4% 118th Number of deaths from malaria ghe 0 2021 down 100.0% 70th Death rate from malaria ghe 0 2021 down 100.0% 66th Number of deaths from tuberculosis ghe 1,783 2021 down 41.1% 63rd Death rate from tuberculosis ghe 3.44 2021 down 44.1% 104th Deaths from cardiovascular disease ghe 70,171 2021 up 10.6% 40th Death rate from cardiovascular disease ghe 135.39 2021 up 4.9% 140th Deaths from strokes ghe 28,437 2021 down 7.7% 31st ← Previous Page 12 of 17 Next →