SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — According to Prof. Kim Kyong-nam of Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital on Wednesday, there is a gap of 10 or more years when comparing average life expectancy in North and South Korea. North Korean men live an average of 66.2 years, compared to 72.9 years for women. This is [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean babies born in 2017 are expected to live more than 82 years, government data showed Monday, as a growing number of people take care of their health by receiving regular medical checkups and treatment. Life expectancy at birth averaged 82.7 years in 2017, three months longer than [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Only a third of South Koreans believe themselves to be healthy, despite the country’s average life expectancy being one of the longest among advanced countries, a report showed Sunday. According to the report released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Health Insurance Service, based on [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The life expectancy of South Koreans now stands at 82.4 years, which is 1.6 years longer than the OECD average. Despite living longer than average, the percentage of South Koreans who think they are healthy was the lowest of all OECD member states. According to OECD Health Statistics revealed [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Wealthy South Koreans are healthier and live significantly longer than poor people in every city across the country, according to a new report. Those in the top 20 percent income bracket have both a higher life expectancy and a higher healthy life expectancy, the report from the Korean Society for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Thanks to advances in healthcare, life expectancy for South Koreans is trending upwards, but longer living has come hand in hand with longer periods of poor health. Last year’s newborns face the highest odds of dying from cancer during their lives. Those that can avoid the disease will live [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean babies born in 2016 are expected to live more than 82 years as the risk of death has been diminished by medical advances and other developments, a government report showed Tuesday. The life expectancy at birth averaged 82.4 years in 2016, slightly up from the previous year’s [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans’ healthy life expectancy is estimated to be nine years shorter than the country’s average lifespan, data showed Saturday, urging local health authorities to beef up efforts to improve public health. The country’s average healthy life expectancy, which is defined by the anticipated lifespan of people without any [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean children born in 2015 are expected to live more than 10 years shorter than their southern counterparts, an annual U.N. report said Thursday. According to the U.N. Development Programme’s report on the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI), the life expectancy of North Korean babies born in that year is estimated at 70.5 years, 11.6 years less than 82.1 years for South Korean babies. The [...]
SEJONG, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s rapidly increased life expectancy has helped boost the country’s economic growth by 0.4 percentage point over the past 15 years as people tend to save more, eventually leading to an increase in spending and capital stocks, a report showed Thursday. South Korea’s life expectancy reached 82.4 years [...]