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Money Talks in Cancer Treatment, with More Than 50 Mil. Won in Diagnosis Insurance Payouts Halving Mortality Rate

Money Talks in Cancer Treatment, with More Than 50 Mil. Won in Diagnosis Insurance Payouts Halving Mortality Rate

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The cancer mortality rate for individuals in the first income bracket, representing the lowest 20 percent in terms of income, has been revealed to be 1.5 times higher than that of those in the fifth income bracket, which comprises the top 20 percent in terms of income. Considering the long-term [...]

Excessive Sodium Consumption Among Koreans Has No Impact on Fatality Rate: Study

Excessive Sodium Consumption Among Koreans Has No Impact on Fatality Rate: Study

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans consume an excessive amount of sodium, but it does not affect their mortality rate, a study showed Wednesday. A research team from Severance Hospital analyzed 143,050 adult participants in the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study, which showed that they consumed 2,500 milligrams of sodium every day, falling short [...]

S. Korea Has OECD’s Highest Excess Mortality Rate for Bipolar Disorder

S. Korea Has OECD’s Highest Excess Mortality Rate for Bipolar Disorder

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The excess mortality rate of individuals suffering from bipolar disorder in South Korea turned out to be the highest among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member states, the health ministry said Monday. Excess mortality rate is a mortality rate of a certain disease in relative terms [...]

Mortality Rate Low When Carbohydrates, Fats and Proteins are Consumed in a Ratio of 5:3:2

Mortality Rate Low When Carbohydrates, Fats and Proteins are Consumed in a Ratio of 5:3:2

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study found that the share of carbohydrates in the caloric content of one meal for South Korean adults averages a whopping 67 percent. Researchers at Gangnam Severance Hospital in Seoul tracked 42,192 adults who participated in separate national health and nutritional surveys conducted between 2007 and 2015. [...]

Study Confirms Link Between COVID-19 Fatality Rate and Income

Study Confirms Link Between COVID-19 Fatality Rate and Income

SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that the coronavirus mortality rate varies according to income level. Among COVID-19 patients, the fatality rate of medical care beneficiaries whose medical expenses are supported by the government was found to be about three times higher than for the beneficiaries of employee health insurance. [...]

Cancer Mortality Rates in South Korea Second Lowest Amongst OECD Nations

Cancer Mortality Rates in South Korea Second Lowest Amongst OECD Nations

SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Koreans who succumbed to cancer last year was found to be a record high, but compared to other advanced nations, the mortality rate from cancer remained low. Meanwhile, the mortality rate of South Koreans, in general, was low among other leading nations, but deaths from pneumonia, [...]