Causes of death by country, sex and age group

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In 2005 in Republic of Korea the leading causes of death for men in that age group were:
  1. 899 deaths from:
    • - Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22)
  2. 624 deaths from:
    • - Alcoholic liver disease (K70)
  3. 506 deaths from:
    • - Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (K74)
  4. 495 deaths from:
    • - Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation (X70)
  5. 391 deaths from:
    • - Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16)
  6. 326 deaths from:
    • - Acute myocardial infarction (I21)
  7. 292 deaths from:
    • - Intracerebral haemorrhage (I61)
  8. 285 deaths from:
    • - Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34)

All data comes from the World Health Organisation Statistical Information System. Causes of death are coded using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).

The numbers in brackets represent your chance of dying of that cause in that year. These are calculated as (deaths of that cause in that country, age group and sex that year) / (population of that country, age group and sex that year).

You can download the original data from the WHO Mortality Database.