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[Anchor]
No. 1 cause of death, Cancer...Steep right up, I knew cancer was the biggest cause of death, but it seems to be getting worse.

[Reporter]
Yes, it's a bit strange to talk about death from the beginning, but I think we can live a healthier and more valuable life than we know about death.

Although the fear of cancer has decreased more than before due to medical advances these days, cancer remains the number one cause of death.

Not only that, but the ratio is getting higher.

The National Statistical Office today released statistics on the death of our people last year,
The number of deaths by cause per 100,000 people in
was overwhelmingly high at 166.7 for cancer, followed by heart disease, pneumonia, cerebrovascular disease, and suicide.

However, other factors show that their proportions rise and fall over time, but cancer is the only one.

It has been showing a steadily steep upward curve since 1983 when statistics began.

It can be interpreted that cancer diagnosis technology is more advanced, and the stress that causes cancer is increasing along with the effect of more cancer detection.

[Anchor]
Then, which cancer occurred the most among cancers?

[Reporter]
Yes, lung cancer remains the leading cause of death among cancers.

Last year, 36.5 lung cancer deaths out of 100,000 people died, almost twice the gap compared to second-place liver cancer, which was 19.8.

In particular, unlike other cancers that change over time, lung cancer continues to kill many people.

As you can see in the graphic, the number of gastric cancer cases per 100,000 people has halved compared to 1983, and liver cancer has a horizontal shape, while lung cancer, colon cancer, and pancreatic cancer are in an upward-right direction.

There is a gender difference between men and women, first of all, 204.9 men die of cancer per 100,000 people, 1.6 times more than 128.9 women.

By type of cancer that caused death, men were in the order of lung cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer, and women were in the order of lung cancer, colon cancer, and pancreatic cancer, with lung cancer being the biggest cause for both men and women, and colon cancer being the third and second, respectively.

[Anchor]
Cancer, especially lung cancer, is the scariest enemy.

By the way, I heard that the cause of death varies slightly depending on the age group?

[Reporter]
That's right.

When all ages were divided into 10-year increments, cancer was the number one cause of death for children under the age of 10 and all ages over the age of 40.

However, suicide was the biggest cause of death in the teens to 30s, so 10 to 39 years old.

In particular, more than half of all deaths in their 20s were found to have killed themselves.

However, cancer is the second leading cause of death in teenagers and 30s, showing that cancer is a scary cause of death at all ages.

And as medical technology advances have led to longer lifespans, the number of deaths over the age of 80 is 54.0% of all deaths, up 16.7%p from a decade ago,
Among the
male deaths, 41.7% were over 80 years old and 68.2% were women, and the proportion of women enjoying heaven was much higher than that of men.