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[Monitor] Cancer still biggest cause of death in Korea in 2015

By Korea Herald

Published : Sept. 27, 2016 - 17:59

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Cancer remained the leading cause of death in South Korea in 2015, with fatalities from pneumonia rising sharply amid a rapidly aging population, government data showed Tuesday. A total of 76,855 people died of cancer last year, which accounted for 27.9 percent of all deaths reported last year, according to the data provided by Statistics Korea.