Changes in mortality after the recent economic crisis in South Korea

To examine the changes in all cause mortality and cause-specific mortality after the economic crisis in South Korea. Monthly mortality data for an entire country was used and intervention analysis applied to compare mortality after the crisis with mortality which would have occurred if the trends be...

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Published in:Annals of epidemiology 2004-07, Vol.14 (6), p.442-446
Main Authors: Kim, Hanjoong, Song, Young Jong, Yi, Jee Jeon, Chung, Woo Jin, Nam, Chung Mo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic - mortality
Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality
Commerce - economics
Commerce - trends
Economic
Humans
Income - statistics & numerical data
Income - trends
Korea - epidemiology
Models, Econometric
Mortality
Mortality - trends
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Time Factors
Time Series
Unemployment - statistics & numerical data
Unemployment - trends
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Summary:To examine the changes in all cause mortality and cause-specific mortality after the economic crisis in South Korea. Monthly mortality data for an entire country was used and intervention analysis applied to compare mortality after the crisis with mortality which would have occurred if the trends before the crisis had continued. All cause mortality began to increase about 1 year after the crisis, while cardiovascular increased immediately. Transport accidents decreased significantly during the year following the crisis and then regressed towards the pre-economic crisis level. Suicides increased rapidly and maintained an upward trend but subsequently reduced towards the pre-economic crisis level. This study has shown an evidence of a relationship between economic crisis and mortality.
ISSN:1047-2797
1873-2585
DOI:10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.09.018