Causes of Death Statistics in 2011

1. Deaths and crude death rates

The number of deaths was 257,396 persons in 2011, up 0.8 percent from 2010. The
crude death rate marked 513.6 persons per 100,000 population in 2011, up 0.3 percent
from 2010.
[ Table 1 ] Number of deaths and crude death rates (1983~2011)
(Unit: person, per 100,000 population, person, %)
Number of deaths
Year

From
2010

Both
sexes

Males

Crude death rates

Females

Both
sexes

Males

Females

Sex ratio
(Males /
Females)

Average
number of
deaths per
day

1983

254,563 148,101 106,462

637.8

735.8

538.2

1.37

697

1990

241,616 138,730 102,886

563.6

643.2

483.0

1.33

662

1991

242,270 138,270 104,000

559.6

634.7

483.5

1.31

664

2000

246,163 136,486 109,677

517.9

571.9

463.3

1.23

673

2001

241,521 134,058 107,463

504.5

557.8

450.7

1.24

662

2002

245,317 134,742 110,575

509.7

557.9

461.2

1.21

672

2003

244,506 134,887 109,619

506.1

556.6

455.4

1.22

670

2004

244,217 135,218 108,999

503.7

556.1

451.0

1.23

667

2005

243,883 134,382 109,501

501.0

550.5

451.1

1.22

668

2006

242,266 133,725 108,541

495.6

545.7

445.2

1.23

664

2007

244,874 134,922 109,952

498.4

547.9

448.7

1.22

671

2008

246,113 136,932 109,181

498.2

553.1

443.0

1.25

672

2009

246,942 137,736 109,206

497.3

553.7

440.7

1.26

677

2010

255,405 142,358 113,047

512.0

570.0

454.0

1.26

700

2011

257,396 143,250 114,146

513.6

571.1

456.0

1.25

705

Change
Percentage
change

1,991

892

1,099

1.6

1.2

2.1

0.8

0.6

1.0

0.3

0.2

0.5

2. Death by sex and age

As for those in their fifties and those in their seventies or more, the number of deaths
increased from the previous year. As for the other age groups, the number of deaths
decreased from the previous year.

[ Table 2 ] Number of deaths by sex and age (2001~2011)

(Unit: person, %)
Age
0

Both
sexes

Females

80 or
more

3,006 1,853 2,107 5,030 10,140 20,255 28,055 47,200 61,439 62,421

2010

1,508

663 1,451 3,760 7,273 17,579 28,304 39,768 69,528 85,501

2011

1,435

628 1,405 3,476 6,841 16,346 29,289 38,308 70,088 89,562

Change
From
2010 Percentage
change

-73

-35

-46

-284

-432 -1,233

985 -1,460

560 4,061

-4.8

-5.3

-3.2

-7.6

-5.9

3.5

0.8

-7.0

-3.7

4.7

1,625 1,101 1,366 3,470 7,253 15,258 20,687 31,493 31,273 20,526

2010

888

388

959 2,384 4,697 12,697 21,130 27,812 40,404 30,955

2011

818

355

939 2,260 4,412 11,718 21,934 26,931 41,498 32,385

Change
From
2010 Percentage
change

-70

-33

-20

-124

-285

-979

804

-881 1,094 1,430

-7.9

-8.5

-2.1

-5.2

-6.1

-7.7

3.8

-3.2

2001

1,381

752

741 1,560 2,887 4,997 7,368 15,707 30,166 41,895

2010

620

275

492 1,376 2,576 4,882 7,174 11,956 29,124 54,546

2011

617

273

466 1,216 2,429 4,628 7,355 11,377 28,590 57,177

-3

-2

-26

-160

-147

-254

181

-579

-534 2,631

-0.5

-0.7

-5.3

-11.6

-5.7

-5.2

2.5

-4.8

-1.8

4.8

2001

1.18

1.46

1.84

2.22

2.51

3.05

2.81

2.01

1.04

0.49

2010

1.43

1.41

1.95

1.73

1.82

2.60

2.95

2.33

1.39

0.57

2011

1.33

1.30

2.02

1.86

1.82

2.53

2.98

2.37

1.45

0.57

Change
From
2010 Percentage
change
Sex ratio
(Males /
Females)

10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79

2001

2001

Males

1-9

2.7

4.6

3. Leading causes of death

The three leading causes of death were malignant neoplasms, cerebrovascular diseases
and heart diseases. These three causes occupied 47.4 percent of all deaths.

The ten leading causes of death were malignant neoplasms, cerebrovascular diseases,
heart diseases, suicides, diabetes mellitus, pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory
diseases, liver diseases, transport accidents and hypertensive diseases. These ten
causes of death occupied 70.8 percent of all deaths.

[ Table 4 ] Leading causes of death (2001~2011)

(Unit: per 100,000 population, person, %)
2001

2010

2011
Number
Rank
Death
Death
Perce Death From From
Causes of death
Causes of death
Causes of death
of
rate
rate
ntage rate 2001 2010
deaths
Malignant
Malignant
Malignant
1
122.9
144.4
71,579 27.8 142.8
neoplasms
neoplasms
neoplasms
Cerebrovascular
Cerebrovascular
Cerebrovascular
2
73.7
53.2
25,404
9.9 50.7
diseases
diseases
diseases
3 Heart diseases
33.9 Heart diseases
46.9 Heart diseases 24,944
9.7 49.8
4 Diabetes mellitus 23.8 Suicides
31.2 Suicides
15,906
6.2 31.7
5 Liver diseases
22.2 Diabetes mellitus 20.7 Diabetes mellitus 10,775
4.2 21.5
Transport
6
20.9 Pneumonia
14.9 Pneumonia
8,606
3.3 17.2
accidents
Chronic
Chronic
Chronic
7 respiratory
19.0 respiratory
14.2 respiratory
6,959
2.7 13.9
diseases
diseases
diseases
8 Suicides
14.4 Liver diseases
13.8 Liver diseases
6,751
2.6 13.5
Hypertensive
Transport
Transport
9
10.2
13.7
6,316
2.5 12.6
diseases
accidents
accidents
Pulmonary
Hypertensive
Hypertensive
10
6.3
9.6
5,038
2.0 10.1
tuberculosis
diseases
diseases

4. Infant mortality
The number of infant deaths was 1,435 persons in 2011. The infant mortality
rate (number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births) marked 3.0 persons in 2011,
which recorded a year-on-year drop.
[ Table ] Number of infant deaths and infant mortality rates (2006~2011)
(Unit: person, per 1,000 live births, person, %)
Year

Number of deaths
Both sexes

Males

Infant mortality rate

Females

Both sexes

Males

Females

Number of
live births

2006

1,707

958

749

3.8

4.1

3.5

448,153

2007

1,703

934

769

3.5

3.7

3.2

493,189

2008

1,580

842

738

3.4

3.5

3.3

465,892

2009

1,415

756

659

3.2

3.3

3.1

444,849

2010

1,508

888

620

3.2

3.7

2.7

470,171

2011

1,435

818

617

3.0

3.4

2.7

471,265

-73

-70

-3

-0.2

-0.3

0.0

1,094

-4.8

-7.9

-0.5

-5.1

-7.6

-1.3

0.2

Change
From
Percentage
2010
change

5. Perinatal mortality
The number of perinatal deaths (infant deaths of less than 7 days and fetal deaths
of 28 weeks of gestation or more) was 1,461 persons in 2011. The perinatal mortality
rate stood at 3.1 persons per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths.

6. Maternal mortality
The number of maternal deaths (the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42
days of termination of pregnancy) was 81 persons in 2011. The maternal mortality
ratio marked 17.2 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2011, which increased
by 1.4 (9.2 percent) from 2010.

7. Alcohol-induced death
The number of alcohol-induced deaths was 4,493 deaths in 2011. The alcohol-induced
death rate dropped by 1.4 percent from 2010.
[ Table ] Number of alcohol-induced deaths and death rates
(Unit: person, per 100,000 population, %)
Number of alcohol-induced deaths
Sex

From 2010
2004

2006

2008

2010

2011

Change

Percentage
change

Both sexes

5,048

4,490

4,643

4,535

4,493

-42

-0.9

Males

4,674

4,107

4,243

4,111

3,996

-115

-2.8

374

383

400

424

497

73

17.2

Females

Alcohol-induced death rates

Sex

From 2010
2004

2006

2008

2010

2011

Change

Percentage
change

Both sexes

10.4

9.2

9.4

9.1

9.0

-0.1

-1.4

Males

19.2

16.8

17.1

16.5

15.9

-0.5

-3.2

Females

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.7

2.0

0.3

16.6