The purpose of this study was to measure the changes in life expectancy at birth caused by the changes in patterns of mortality in korea during last decades. This study used data on the life tables (2000-2013) released by the National Statistical Offi...
The purpose of this study was to measure the changes in life expectancy at birth caused by the changes in patterns of mortality in korea during last decades. This study used data on the life tables (2000-2013) released by the National Statistical Office Republic of Korea. The contribution of age, sex and cause of death to the change in life expectancy at birth during the 2000-2013 was estimated with a decomposition technique developed by Arriaga``s method. During the last decade, life expectancy of the elderly population has increased in Korea. The mortality changes at the age 65 and over had the largest impact on the life expectancy at during the 2000-2013, contributing in both sexes with 2.757 years (44.0%; male) and 3.780 years (69.3%; female) respectively, and have increased since 2000. During 2000-2013, the sex mortality differential life expectancy at birth aged 75-79 years contributed the most to the total sex differential of life expectancy at birth, and the sex differential at the older ages contributed to the increase in the total sex differential of life expectancy at birth. During the periods, mortality increases from cerebrovascular disease, and malignant neoplasm were the largest contributor of years of life. And mortality reduction of cerebrovascular diseases (0.74 in male, 1.04 in female) at age groups (aged 65 years) made the largest contribution of life years to all groups of causes to any age groups.