Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of Korean registered disabled by disability type in 2014–2018: Korea National Rehabilitation Center database

Table 1 Person-years and number of deaths among the study population in Korea (2014–2018)

	First age^a (year)	Oldest age^b (year)	Men		Women
	First age^a (year)	Oldest age^b (year)	Person-years	Death (N)	Person-years	Death (N)
General population	0	100	127,539,071	765,722	127,820,361	642,837
Non-disabled people	0	100	120,213,814	564,632	122,518,190	498,332
All people with disabilities	0	100	7,325,257	201,090	5,302,171	144,505
Physical disability	0	100	3,665,187	69,778	2,671,754	54,156
Disability of brain lesion	1	100	720,638	45,444	538,125	35,021
Visual disability	0	100	753,157	18,386	510,925	13,139
Hearing disability	0	100	767,514	28,214	652,025	21,202
Speech disability	3	95	69,977	2,447	27,585	603
Facial disfigurement	3	90	7,779	78	5,656	51
Kidney dysfunction	0	100	229,839	15,587	165,267	10,160
Cardiac dysfunction	1	90	17,870	1,303	10,574	781
Respiratory dysfunction	1	90	44,785	4,943	15,092	1,161
Hepatic dysfunction	1	85	39,802	1,462	15,599	359
Intestinal fistula/ Urinary fistula	1	100	44,461	3,145	27,671	1,754
Epilepsy	1	85	19,089	389	15,976	189
Intellectual disorder	2	95	589,240	4,879	387,970	2,584
Autistic disorder	2	60	97,613	86	17,268	23
Mental disorder	12	100	258,306	4,949	240,684	3,322

^aAge at birth for the general population or non-disabled at the disability registration by the law in Korea for people with disabilities
^bThe oldest age in the vital statistics among the general population or non-disabled, and the Korean registered disabled by Korea National Rehabilitation Center

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