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Koreans negative about their health: OECD report

By Yonhap

Published : Sept. 22, 2017 - 09:28

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Only about one-third of South Koreans think that they are in good shape, despite the country's long life expectancy, an international report showed Friday.

According to the report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 32.5 percent of South Koreans considered themselves healthy as of 2015. The number for men was 37.3 percent, with that for women reaching 27.9 percent.

The overall figure was far lower than the OECD average of 68.2 percent. Japan was another country with a reading of less than 40 percent, with its number standing at 35.4 percent.

(Yonhap) (Yonhap)

New Zealand topped the list with 88.9 percent, followed by Canada and the United States with 88.1 percent, and Australia with 85.2.

In contrast, South Korea and Japan had a life expectancy of 82.1 years and 83.9 years, respectively, compared with an OECD average of 80.6 years.

Japan posted the longest life expectancy, trailed by Switzerland and Spain with 83 years. Latvia had the shortest life expectancy of 74.6 years, followed by Mexico with 75 years and Hungary with 75.7 years.

Those contrasting numbers for South Korea and Japan mean that people in the countries appear to be excessively negative about their health conditions, experts said. (Yonhap)

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