Stagnation of life expectancy in Korea in 2018: A cause-specific decomposition analysis.

According to the most recent annual report released by Korea Statistics, the life expectancy at birth (for both sexes) in 2018 was 82.7 years, an increase of 0.0 years over 2017, reflecting the first stagnation in life expectancy since 1960. In this study, a time-series analysis was conducted of tre...

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Main Authors: Taejae Kim, Jinwook Bahk, Hwa Kyung Lim, Young-Ho Khang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244380