Table 1 Crude death rates (/100,000) by main causes of death in 2005 among Korean men and women

All causes

504.3

554.7

453.5

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

11.4

14.1

8.8

Respiratory tuberculosis (A15-A16)

5.5

7.8

3.3

All Cancers (C00-D48)

136.0

171.0

100.9

Stomach cancer (C16)

22.6

29.4

15.7

Liver cancer (C22)

22.5

33.8

11.2

Lung/bronchial cancer (C33-C34)

28.4

41.6

15.0

Endocrine, nutritional & metabolic diseases (E00-E88)

25.5

25.8

25.3

Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)

24.2

24.4

24.0

Disease of the circulatory system (I00-I99)

116.2

112.1

120.4

Hypertensive disease (I10-I13)

9.3

6.6

12.1

Heart disease (I20-I51)

39.6

41.0

38.2

Cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69)

64.3

61.2

67.3

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98)

29.4

34.6

24.1

Pneumonia (J12-J18)

8.6

9.0

8.2

Chronic lower respiratory disease (J40-J47)

15.5

18.9

12.2

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K92)

23.1

33.4

12.8

Liver diseases (K70-K76)

17.3

27.5

7.1

All external causes (V01-Y89)

63.6

86.2

40.8

Transport accidents (V01-V99)

16.3

24.0

8.6

Suicide (X60-X84)

26.1

34.9

17.3