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Table 1 Absolute and relative increases in life expectancy by total and degree of urbanization for the 2000–2009 and 2010–2019 periods: Findings from the Korean Statistical Information Services, 2000–2019, Men and women

From: Contributions of the life expectancy gap reduction between urban and rural areas to the increase in overall life expectancy in South Korea from 2000 to 2019

 

2000–2009

2010–2019

 

Year 2000, yrs

(A)

Year 2009, yrs

(B)

Absolute

increase, yrs

(B)-(A)

Relative

increase, %

(B)-(A) / (A)

Year 2010, yrs

(C)

Year 2019, yrs

(D)

Absolute

increase, yrs

(D)-(C)

Relative

increase, %

(D)-(C) / (C)

Men

        

Total

72.3

(72.2, 72.4)

76.8

(76.8, 76.9)

4.5

(4.5, 4.6)

6.3

(6.2, 6.4)

77.0

(76.9, 77.0)

80.4

(80.4, 80.5)

3.5

(3.4, 3.5)

4.5

(4.4, 4.6)

LUAs

73.5

(73.4,73.5)

77.5

(77.4,77.6)

4.0

(3.9,4.2)

5.5

(5.4,5.7)

77.6

(77.5,77.7)

80.9

(80.8,80.9)

3.3

(3.1,3.4)

4.2

(4.1,4.4)

SMUAs

71.3

(71.1,71.4)

76.3

(76.2,76.5)

5.1

(4.9,5.2)

7.1

(6.9,7.4)

76.4

(76.3,76.6)

80.1

(80.0,80.2)

3.7

(3.5,3.8)

4.8

(4.6,5.0)

RAs

69.1

(68.9,69.3)

74.6

(74.4,74.8)

5.6

(5.3,5.8)

8.0

(7.6,8.5)

74.9

(74.7,75.1)

79.0

(78.8,79.2)

4.1

(3.8,4.3)

5.4

(5.1,5.8)

Women

        

Total

79.6

(76.6, 79.7)

83.6

(83.5, 83.7)

4.0

(3.9, 4.1)

5.0

(4.9, 5.1)

83.8

(83.8, 83.9)

86.4

(86.4, 86.5)

2.6

(2.5, 2.7)

3.1

(3.0, 3.2)

LUAs

79.9

(79.8,80.0)

83.8

(83.7,83.9)

3.8

(3.7,4.0)

4.8

(4.6,5.0)

83.9

(83.8,84.0)

86.6

(86.5,86.6)

2.7

(2.5,2.8)

3.2

(3.0,3.3)

SMUAs

86.6

(86.5,86.6)

83.4

(83.3,83.5)

4.1

(4.0,4.3)

5.2

(5.0,5.4)

83.7

(83.6,83.8)

86.3

(86.2,86.4)

2.6

(2.4,2.7)

3.1

(2.9,3.3)

RAs

78.5

(78.4,78.7)

82.9

(82.7,83.1)

4.4

(4.1,4.7)

5.6

(5.3,5.9)

83.3

(83.1,83.5)

86.0

(85.9,86.2)

2.7

(2.5,3.0)

3.3

(3.0,3.6)

  1. LUAs = Large Urban Areas; SMUAs = Small-to-Middle Urban Areas; RAs = Rural Areas
  2. The numbers in parentheses indicate the boundary values of the 95% uncertainty interval