Changes in contributions of age- and cause-specific mortality to the widening life expectancy gap between North and South Korea, 1990–2019: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Background: Life expectancy gaps between North and South Korea have increased but contributions to these gaps remain poorly understood. Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2019, we examined how much death from specific diseases contributed to these gaps in different age groups o...

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Published in:	SSM: Population Health
Main Authors:	Minjae Choi, Joshua Kirabo Sempungu, Eun Hae Lee, Yo Han Lee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-09-01
Subjects:	Life expectancy Decomposition analysis North Korea South Korea
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827323001106