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[GRAPHIC NEWS] Cancer still biggest cause of death in Korea in 2015

By KH디지털2

Published : Sept. 27, 2016 - 17:46

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[THE INVESTOR] 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 deaths reported last year, according to the data provided by Statistics Korea. 




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