Number of deaths (N=43 186), age-adjusted mortality by income quartile, relative indices of inequalities (RII values), and slope indices of inequalities (SII values), among South Korean men aged 35–64 years (N=692 471)
| Cause of death | No of deaths | Age-adjusted mortality by income quartile | RII (95% CI) | SII | ||||
| I (highest) | II | III | IV (lowest) | per 100 000 | % | |||
| All causes | 43186 | 3723.5 | 4921.1 | 6324.7 | 8222.2 | 2.95 (2.85 to 3.05) | 5865.6 | 100.0 |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99) | 864 | 56.5 | 86.2 | 122.4 | 203.2 | 5.77 (4.47 to 7.44) | 187.2 | 3.2 |
| Tuberculosis (A15–A19) | 466 | 22.0 | 42.7 | 62.3 | 121.0 | 9.54 (6.64 to 13.73) | 124.3 | 2.1 |
| Septicaemia (A41) | 195 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 32.4 | 44.8 | 5.48 (3.22 to 9.34) | 43.8 | 0.7 |
| All cancers (C00–C97) | 17907 | 1763.7 | 2228.6 | 2605.9 | 2912.7 | 2.00 (1.90 to 2.11) | 1505.7 | 25.7 |
| Oesophageal cancer (C15) | 668 | 45.2 | 74.2 | 90.4 | 130.7 | 3.93 (2.97 to 5.20) | 107.0 | 1.8 |
| Stomach cancer (C16) | 3611 | 349.4 | 428.8 | 546.0 | 586.7 | 2.06 (1.84 to 2.32) | 327.7 | 5.6 |
| Colon cancer (C18) | 525 | 82.2 | 75.1 | 58.7 | 68.2 | 0.78 (0.58 to 1.06) | −23.3 | −0.4 |
| Rectal cancer (C19-C21) | 528 | 61.9 | 78.8 | 68.9 | 69.8 | 1.11 (0.82 to 1.50) | 5.0 | 0.1 |
| Liver cancer (C22) | 4508 | 455.0 | 582.5 | 689.1 | 765.3 | 1.96 (1.76 to 2.17) | 408.7 | 7.0 |
| Gallbladder cancer (C23) | 224 | 25.7 | 27.8 | 30.6 | 32.7 | 1.58 (0.99 to 2.51) | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Biliary tract cancer (C24) | 538 | 49.0 | 68.6 | 80.3 | 80.5 | 1.90 (1.41 to 2.57) | 41.9 | 0.7 |
| Pancreatic cancer (C25) | 863 | 88.7 | 108.7 | 121.8 | 129.8 | 1.60 (1.26 to 2.02) | 53.6 | 0.9 |
| Lung cancer (C34) | 3659 | 307.3 | 431.6 | 536.9 | 623.1 | 2.74 (2.43 to 3.08) | 414.5 | 7.1 |
| Prostate cancer (C61) | 161 | 24.1 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 19.5 | 0.96 (0.56 to 1.67) | −5.4 | −0.1 |
| Kidney cancer (C64) | 221 | 32.8 | 36.3 | 25.7 | 23.7 | 0.62 (0.38 to 0.99) | −15.3 | −0.3 |
| Urinary bladder cancer (C67) | 159 | 11.7 | 22.4 | 18.8 | 29.8 | 2.57 (1.46 to 4.51) | 19.7 | 0.3 |
| Brain cancer (C71) | 220 | 19.2 | 28.1 | 37.5 | 33.0 | 2.05 (1.28 to 3.29) | 20.2 | 0.3 |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (C82–C83, C85) | 228 | 24.3 | 33.2 | 29.7 | 33.8 | 1.39 (0.88 to 2.21) | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Leukaemia (C91–C95) | 302 | 35.6 | 42.1 | 43.9 | 41.6 | 1.28 (0.86 to 1.91) | 7.8 | 0.1 |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease (E00–E90) | 1979 | 160.6 | 235.1 | 262.8 | 364.1 | 2.86 (2.43 to 3.35) | 250.0 | 4.3 |
| Diabetes mellitus (E10–E14) | 1913 | 153.7 | 227.8 | 255.7 | 348.8 | 2.88 (2.45 to 3.39) | 240.3 | 4.1 |
| Mental and behavioural disorders and nervous system diseases (F00–F99, G00–G99) | 729 | 54.6 | 77.6 | 94.6 | 157.0 | 4.17 (3.18 to 5.46) | 127.1 | 2.2 |
| Dementia (F00–F03, G30) | 125 | 10.6 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 24.9 | 4.21 (2.18 to 8.12) | 17.1 | 0.3 |
| Alcoholism (F10) | 205 | 7.4 | 15.2 | 28.9 | 62.2 | 17.00 (9.47 to 30.53) | 70.0 | 1.2 |
| Parkinson's disease (G20) | 104 | 8.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 17.5 | 2.37 (1.18 to 4.76) | 10.0 | 0.2 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99) | 8864 | 773.4 | 1026.3 | 1313.6 | 1569.0 | 2.72 (2.52 to 2.94) | 1053.9 | 18.0 |
| Hypertensive disease (I10–I15) | 476 | 35.9 | 57.9 | 67.6 | 83.0 | 3.00 (2.16 to 4.17) | 59.2 | 1.0 |
| Ischaemic heart disease (I20–I25) | 2075 | 259.6 | 267.6 | 316.4 | 280.7 | 1.29 (1.11 to 1.50) | 45.5 | 0.8 |
| Heart failure (I50) | 194 | 10.6 | 21.7 | 32.4 | 40.8 | 5.88 (3.44 to 10.08) | 39.8 | 0.7 |
| Stroke (I60–I69) | 4922 | 363.4 | 548.4 | 717.6 | 941.6 | 3.58 (3.23 to 3.97) | 749.1 | 12.8 |
| Haemorrhagic stroke (I60–I62) | 2072 | 188.4 | 231.7 | 292.8 | 414.0 | 3.09 (2.64 to 3.62) | 290.2 | 4.9 |
| Ischaemic stroke (I63) | 1045 | 89.4 | 128.6 | 143.0 | 170.0 | 2.30 (1.85 to 2.87) | 100.4 | 1.7 |
| Undetermined stroke (I64–I69) | 1805 | 85.6 | 188.0 | 281.9 | 357.7 | 5.61 (4.71 to 6.69) | 358.5 | 6.1 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99) | 1649 | 107.1 | 167.3 | 252.0 | 337.4 | 4.68 (3.91 to 5.62) | 305.8 | 5.2 |
| Pneumonia (J12–J18) | 327 | 24.9 | 37.6 | 45.7 | 64.1 | 2.90 (1.95 to 4.30) | 49.4 | 0.8 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease (J40–J47) | 822 | 52.1 | 83.6 | 132.0 | 165.5 | 5.04 (3.89 to 6.53) | 153.4 | 2.6 |
| Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93) | 3915 | 257.2 | 333.4 | 579.0 | 1006.3 | 7.08 (6.27 to 7.99) | 982.1 | 16.7 |
| Liver diseases (K70–K77) | 3452 | 229.2 | 280.9 | 508.8 | 915.0 | 7.73 (6.79 to 8.81) | 900.5 | 15.4 |
| Alcoholic liver disease (K70) | 546 | 20.4 | 32.0 | 78.7 | 171.3 | 20.12 (13.95 to 29.01) | 196.7 | 3.4 |
| Liver cirrhosis (K74) | 2596 | 182.7 | 216.7 | 381.6 | 677.4 | 6.91 (5.96 to 8.03) | 649.8 | 11.1 |
| Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue disease (M00–M99) | 121 | 4.7 | 13.8 | 22.3 | 20.5 | 4.86 (2.48 to 9.51) | 22.0 | 0.4 |
| Genitourinary system disease (N00–N99) | 491 | 46.7 | 63.7 | 70.7 | 80.3 | 1.86 (1.36 to 2.56) | 42.2 | 0.7 |
| Chronic renal failure (N18) | 323 | 33.2 | 43.9 | 46.6 | 47.4 | 1.42 (0.96 to 2.09) | 17.8 | 0.3 |
| All external causes (V01–Y98) | 5412 | 387.4 | 542.4 | 805.5 | 1335.8 | 5.55 (5.02 to 6.14) | 1222.9 | 20.8 |
| Land transport accidents (V00–V89) | 2621 | 196.2 | 273.5 | 374.7 | 657.9 | 5.38 (4.65 to 6.22) | 583.8 | 10.0 |
| Falls (W00–W19) | 481 | 43.2 | 40.5 | 73.4 | 108.7 | 4.33 (3.10 to 6.03) | 90.7 | 1.5 |
| Accidental drowning (W65–W74) | 177 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 27.8 | 45.1 | 6.07 (3.45 to 10.68) | 43.0 | 0.7 |
| Accidental poisoning (X40–X49) | 116 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 22.3 | 31.2 | 20.42 (9.19 to 45.39) | 39.8 | 0.7 |
| Suicide (X60–X84) | 1121 | 66.0 | 111.0 | 172.0 | 290.2 | 7.04 (5.61 to 8.83) | 288.6 | 4.9 |
| Other causes | 1255 | 111.5 | 146.7 | 195.9 | 236.0 | 2.69 (2.20 to 3.29) | 166.8 | 2.8 |
| Alcohol-related causes | 756 | 27.9 | 47.6 | 108.1 | 235.6 | 19.27 (14.14 to 26.26) | 269.0 | 4.6 |
| Smoking-related causes | 5359 | 423.5 | 626.3 | 765.2 | 964.0 | 3.07 (2.79 to 3.39) | 691.9 | 11.8 |
| Causes amenable to medical intervention | 7081 | 526.3 | 791.7 | 1026.4 | 1372.6 | 3.57 (3.28 to 3.89) | 1090.8 | 18.6 |
Codes for cause of death are from the International Classification of Disease, 10th Revision. For the details of alcohol-related causes, smoking-related causes and causes amenable to medical intervention, refer to the text.