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Survey Outline

Overview

Survey Name

  • Life Tables

Survey Type

  • Analytic Statistics

Type of Statistics

  • General Statistics, approval No. 101035 (Dec. 1994)

Purpose

  • To calculate the life expectancy by specific age under the assumption that the current level of death is maintained; to establish health care and medical policies and to calculate insurance premiums and compensation for human injuries; and to estimate Population Projections and to compare economic, social and health care levels among nations

Frequency

  • The nation (annual), metropolitan cities and provinces (every 3 years), life expectancy by health level (every 2 years)

History

  • 1980: Produced life tables for 1978 and 1979
  • 1997: Produced 'life tables for 1995' and 'life tables with cause of death' for the first time
  • 1999: Produced life tables and life tables with cause of death for 1997
    • Supplemented life tables of 1971~1995 on a 2-year basis
  • 2005: Produced life tables and life tables with cause of death for 2003
    • Revised biennial life tables to annual life tables since 1971
  • 2006: Produced life tables and life tables with cause of death for 2004 and 2005
    • Changed the 2-year cycle into 1-year cycle
  • 2007: Produced life tables for 2005 by city and province for the first time
  • 2013: Supplemented life tables with cause of death for 1999~2011; produced life expectancy by level of health for the first time
  • 2016: Recalculated life tables after improving methodology
    • Unified a maximum age into '100 years or more' for complete life tables as well as simplified life tables
    • Recalculated life tables by considering causes of death between 1995 and 2014 (Unified a maximum age into '90 years or more' for life tables by considering causes of death)
    • Recalculated life tables by health level for 2012 and 2014
  • 2017: Recalculated simplified life tables by city and province and life tables by considering causes of death for 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014

Tabulation process

  • Collect basic data → calibrate vital population data → calculate death rate by age → calculate death probability by age → calculate the number of deaths and survivors by age → calculate static population → calculate survival years by age → calculate life expectancy by age

Data Provision

Method of Publication and URL

  • Press releases, data uploading on KOSIS, online publications, monthly publications URL: https://kosis.kr

Publication Frequency

  • The nation (annual), metropolitan cities and provinces (every 3 years), life expectancy by health level (every 2 years)

Publication Title

  • Life Tables for Korea (nationwide/by city and province)
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