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KMID : 0386819950050010060
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Journal of the Institute of Health Environmental Sciences
1995 Volume.5 No. 1 p.60 ~ p.74
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A Study on Sex Mortality Ratios for Leading Cause of Death in Korea
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to find out the mortality pattern, particularly sex mortality ratios. Sex mortality ratio can be defined as the ratio of male death rate to female death rate.
@ES The major findings are summarized as follows;
@EN The sex mortality ratio of 25-34 age group is 264.0, 35-44 age group, 268.8 and 45-54 age group 265, which are high due to economical activities. the differences. The difference in sex mortality ratios is attributed to the risk behaviour such
as job
stress, smoking and drinking. The crude sex mortality ratios in almost all groups were increased whereas that of over 75 age group was decreased to 173.3 in 1983 and 161.5 in 1991. This fact explains that sex mortality ratios is changing into the
desirable pattern.
The sex mortality ratio of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis is 444.6 and the next is injury and poisoning, 280.0. that of cerebrovascular disease was the lowest, 87.0. As for the sex mortality ratio by death cause, that of chronic liver
diseases
and
cirrhosis was the highest, 444.6 and the next was injury, 280.0. The lowest one was cerobrovascular disease, 87.0.
An analysis on the trend of sex mortality ratio by death cause and by year, that of neoplasm was increased for both males and females. But the growth rates were almost same, which did not affect the sex mortality ration. the growth rates of sex
mortality ratios of other death causes show that the exposure of females to cancer-causing factors was increased. the sex mortality ratio of cardiovascular disease was decreased form 117.3 in 1983, to 85.7 in 1992, which show that cardiovascular
disease
is more prevalent in old age group and males are less likely to die by cardiovascular than before. the sex mortality ration of heart disease and high blood pressure was decreased, which show that females are more exposed to the rksk caused by
diet
pattern and stress rather than job stress.
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