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Correction: Age- and cause-specific contributions to increase in life expectancy at birth in Korea, 2000–2019: a descriptive study

The Original Article was published on 10 February 2024

Correction: BMC Public Health 24, 431 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17974-4


In the original publication of this article [1] there was an error in Figure 3. The mortality rate by gender, age group, and cause of death presented in figure 3 was presented as number of deaths per 100,000 people. However, the death rate was overestimated as a result of a computation error. and as a result, adding up the number of deaths by cause of death exceeds 100,000 in the oldest age group.

The incorrect and correct figure 3 are shown in this correction article. The original article has been updated.

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  1. Kim I, Bae H. Age- and cause-specific contributions to increase in life expectancy at birth in Korea, 2000–2019: a descriptive study. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:431. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17974-4.

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Kim, I., Bae, H. Correction: Age- and cause-specific contributions to increase in life expectancy at birth in Korea, 2000–2019: a descriptive study. BMC Public Health 24, 1487 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19019-2

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