Causes of death and demographic characteristics of victims of meteorological disasters in Korea from 1990 to 2008

Table 4 Death rate * according to the type of meteorological disaster by gender and age, 1990-2008

	Total population	Flood	Typhoon	Storm	Cold	Lightning	Sum
Gender
Male	23,962,088	1.28	1.12	0.69	0.01	0.01	3.11
Female	23,770,470	0.96	0.61	0.04	0.01	0.01	1.63
Age
00-04	3,228,008	0.67	0.39	0.12	0.00	0.00	1.18
05-19	10,462,952	0.91	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.97
20-29	8,366,096	0.79	0.45	0.45	0.02	0.00	1.71
30-39	8,875,139	0.83	0.67	0.53	0.00	0.00	2.03
40-49	7,185,831	1.13	0.87	0.67	0.01	0.03	2.71
50-59	4,447,020	1.49	1.54	0.61	0.00	0.04	3.68
60-69	3,157,953	2.36	2.16	0.18	0.00	0.00	4.70
70-79	1,502,263	2.22	2.63	0.22	0.00	0.00	5.07
80+	507,296	4.38	5.14	0.22	0.00	0.00	9.74

* Annual average deaths per 1 million people calculated using the 2000 resident registration data for individuals over 5 years old of the Korean Statistical Information Service.

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