Health in Korea, Republic of 1,020 indicators covering health for Korea, Republic of. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Death rate from ischaemic heart disease who ghe age standardized 25.64 2021 down 29.5% 191st Deaths from cardiovascular diseases by region 70,171 2021 up 10.6% 40th Total disease burden who 12.45 million 2021 up 10.3% 46th Burden of disease who 24,015 2021 up 4.7% 178th Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders who 97.6 2021 down 6.3% 95th Respiratory infections death rate age group 2.41 2022 up 0.3% 86th Respiratory infection death rate who mdb 46.54 2022 up 201.7% 24th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 5.4% 2023 up 12.5% 114th Male female ratio suicides rates 2.07 2021 down 8.8% 165th Number of people notified with new episode of TB in a given year 22,904 2021 down 54.6% 29th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 3,407 2021 down 81.5% 42nd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who have 4,763 2021 down 49.6% 27th Share of women who are smoking 5.8 2022 down 13.4% 89th Comparing the share of men and women who are smoking 33.4 2022 down 29.4% 67th Share of men who are smoking 33.4 2022 down 29.4% 67th Adults smoking 2007 2018 19.6 2022 down 27.4% 84th Cases started on MDR-TB treatment 461 2024 down 46.1% 31st Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 1.1% 2023 — 107th Share healthy diet unaffordable 4.2 2024 down 58.8% 122nd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 13,263 2021 up 13.2% 30th Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) 8 2014 up 9.6% 94th Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.23 2014 down 0.1% 107th Raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L) 9.5 2014 up 28.4% 62nd Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs 5 2024 down 97.1% 159th Child deaths from streptococcus by disease 9 2015 down 18.2% 91st Births attended by skilled health personnel 99.8% 2024 down 0.2% 30th Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of 14.65 2021 up 92.9% 119th Number of new leprosy cases 5 2024 down 16.7% 102nd Pharmacists 8.26 2023 up 27.1% 40th Low birth weight prevalence 7.5% 2020 up 25.0% 108th Inactivated first-dose polio vaccine (IPV1) immunization coverage 98.0% 2025 unchanged 37th Low birth weight number 22 2020 down 19.1% 64th Reported rabies deaths 0 2016 — 61st Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate 6.44 million 2030 down 24.5% 22nd Incidence of malaria 0.18 per 1,000 population at risk 2024 up 12.5% 71st Concentrations of fine particulate matter 19.26 2023 down 32.0% 86th Death rate road traffic injuries 8.6 2019 down 37.2% 131st New or unknown treatment history cases: Pulmonary, bacteriologically 10,769 2023 down 42.9% 39th Cholera case fatality rate 0 2019 — 37th Medical doctors not further defined 75,045 2003 up 65.0% 18th Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 84.33 2023 up 3.0% 5th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 13.8% 2030 down 26.6% 72nd Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 15.0% 2030 down 23.5% 66th Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 295.6 2019 down 7.0% 82nd Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 15.0% 2019 up 8.7% 163rd Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 88,997 2019 up 16.1% 20th Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 132nd Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 121 2019 unchanged 12th Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 670 2024 down 66.5% 46th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 8.6 per 100,000 population 2019 down 41.5% 132nd Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 4.6 per 100,000 female population 2019 down 43.2% 122nd Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 12.5 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 41.3% 138th Ipv vaccine coverage 98 2024 unchanged 32nd Hospital beds 128.06 2022 up 23.4% 2nd Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 74.0% 2022 up 23.3% 78th New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 0.097 2024 down 19.8% 118th Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 0.2% 2020 down 60.0% 98th Bladder cancer death rate 1.35 2022 down 22.5% 67th Cancer death rates by type who db 1.35 2022 down 22.5% 67th Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 97.0% 2025 — 29th ← Previous Page 14 of 17 Next →