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KMID : 1143420210140040166
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Public Health Weekly Report
2021 Volume.14 No. 4 p.166 ~ p.177
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Current Status of Non-communicable Diseases in the Republic of Korea
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Cho Kyung-Sook
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Abstract
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According to the WHO, NCDs kill approximately 41 million people a year worldwide. In the Republic of Korea (ROK), NCDs account for approximately 80% of all deaths and 41% of national health insurance expenditures. The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of NCDs with the aim of identifying management strategies in the ROK. Aging and modifiable behaviors such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets, the harmful use of alcohol, and metabolic factors such as raised blood pressure, diabetes, being overweight/obesity, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia all increase the risk of NCDs. Management of NCDs include detecting, screening and treating leading NCDs such as cancers, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases. This study suggested that policy makers focus their efforts on comprehensive strategies for the management of NCDs in the ROK, considering that the country is one of the most rapidly aging countries in the world.
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KEYWORD
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Noncommunicable diseases, NCDs, Premature death, Behavioral risk factors, Metabolic risk factors
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