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Table 2 Age- standardised mortality rates for 20 causes of death among older adults in South Korea and Japan between 1997 and 2017

From: Mind the gaps: age and cause specific mortality and life expectancy in the older population of South Korea and Japan

Cause of Death

ASMR per 1000 (95% CI)

Differences between 1997 and 2017

1997

2017

Korea

Japan

Korea

Japan

Korea

Japan

Non-communicable disease

35.2 (32.3–38.4)

21.8 (21.4–22.4)

19.2 (16.8–22.2)

15.6 (14.8–16.5)

−15.9*

−6.2

Stroke

10.4(9.7–11.0)

4.6(4.5–4.6)

3.1(2.8–3.5)

2.4(2.3–2.5)

−7.2

−2.2

Ischaemic heart disease

5.5(5.0–6.0)

4.3(4.3–4.4)

2.6(2.3–3.0)

2.6(2.5–2.7)

− 2.8

−1.8

Stomach cancer

2.6(2.4–2.8)

1.6(1.6–1.6)

0.9(0.8–1.1)

1.0(1.0–1.1)

−1.7

−0.6

Cirrhosis / liver diseases

1.6(1.4–1.8)

0.5(0.5–0.5)

0.5(0.4–0.6)

0.4(0.4–0.5)

−1.1

−0.1

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1.8(1.6–2.1)

0.9(0.8–0.9)

1.1(1.1–1.3)

0.6(0.6–0.7)

−0.7

−0.3

Liver cancer

1.5(1.3–1.6)

1.0(1.0–1.0)

0.9(0.8–1.1)

0.6(0.5–0.7)

− 0.6

− 0.4

Tracheal / lung cancer

2.2(2.0–2.4)

1.6(1.6–1.7)

1.7(1.5–1.9)

1.5(1.4–1.5)

− 0.5

− 0.1

Diabetes mellitus

1.6(1.5–1.8)

0.2(0.2–0.2)

1.1(0.9–1.3)

0.1(0.1–0.1)

− 0.5

− 0.1

Alzheimer / dementia

4.3(4.1–4.5)

3.4(3.3–3.4)

4.0(3.7–4.4)

3.3(3.1–3.4)

− 0.3

− 0.1

Gallbladder cancer

0.6(0.5–0.7)

0.5(0.5–0.5)

0.4(0.4–0.5)

0.4(0.4–0.4)

− 0.2

− 0.1

Hypertensive-heart disease

0.8(0.6–1.1)

0.3(0.3–0.5)

0.5(0.4–0.8)

0.2(0.2–0.4)

− 0.2

− 0.1

Chronic kidney disease

0.7(0.6–0.8)

0.9(0.9–0.9)

0.6(0.5–0.7)

0.6(0.6–0.7)

− 0.1

− 0.3

Pancreatic cancer

0.5(0.5–0.6)

0.6(0.6–0.6)

0.5(0.4–0.8)

0.6(0.6–0.7)

− 0.1

0.1

Colon and rectal cancer

0.8(0.8–0.9)

1.1(1.1–1.1)

0.8(0.7–1.0)

1.0(1.0–1.1)

0

−0.1

Parkinson’s disease

0.3(0.3–0.4)

0.3(0.2–0.3)

0.3(0.2–0.4)

0.3(0.2–0.3)

0.1

0.0

Communicable disease

1.9(1.6–2.1)

2.8(2.7–2.9)

1.7(1.5–2.1)

1.9(1.8–2.0)

− 0.1

− 0.9

Tuberculosis

0.9(0.8–1.1)

0.2(0.2–0.2)

0.3(0.2–0.3)

0.1(0.1–0.1)

− 0.7

− 0.1

Lower respiratory tract

0.9(0.8–1.0)

2.6(2.5–2.7)

1.5(1.3–1.7)

1.9(1.8–2.0)

0.6

− 0.7

Injuries

1.5(1.4–1.7)

0.8(0.8–0.8)

1.3(1.1–1.6)

0.6(0.6–0.6)

−0.1

− 0.2

Road injuries

0.8(0.8–0.9)

0.2(0.2–0.2)

0.4(0.3–0.4)

0.1(0.1–0.1)

− 0.4

− 0.1

Falls

0.3(0.3–0.4)

0.2(0.2–0.2)

0.3(0.3–0.4)

0.2(0.2–0.2)

0.1

−0.1

Self-harm

0.4(0.3–0.4)

0.4(0.4–0.4)

0.6(0.5–.0.7)

0.3(0.3–0.3)

0.3

−0.1

others

9.3(7.5–11.3)

5.7(5.2–6.3)

5.0(3.8–6.2)

5.2(4.5–5.9)

−4.3

− 0.5

Total

47.9 (42.9–53.5)

31.2 (30.0–32.4)

27.4 (23.3–32.0)

23.4. (21.7–25.1)

−20.4*

−7.8

CMF

1.54

1.00

1.17

1.00

  
  1. Note: * significant at 10% level