@article{ref1,
title="Understanding the Rapid Increase in Life Expectancy in South Korea",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2010",
author="Yang, Seungmi and Khang, Young-Ho and Harper, Shirley and Davey Smith, George and Leon, David A. and Lynch, J.",
volume="100",
number="5",
pages="896-903",
abstract="Objectives. We assessed life expectancy increases in the past several decades in South Korea by age and specific causes of death.Methods. We applied Arriaga's decomposition method to life table data (1970-2005) and mortality statistics (1983-2005) to estimate age- and cause-specific contributions to changes in life expectancy.Results. Reductions in infant mortality made the largest age-group contribution to the life expectancy increase. Reductions in cardiovascular diseases (particularly stroke and hypertensive diseases) contributed most to longer life expectancy between 1983 and 2005 (30% in males and 28% in females). Lower rates of stomach cancer, liver disease, tuberculosis, and external-cause mortality accounted for 30% of the male and 20% of the female increase in longevity. However, higher mortality from ischemic heart disease, lung and bronchial cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, diabetes, and suicide offset gains by 10% in both genders.Conclusions. Rapid increases in life expectancy in South Korea were mostly achieved by reductions in infant mortality and in diseases related to infections and blood pressure.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2009.160341",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2009.160341"
}