Lung cancer on the rise while cardiovascular diseases down.

The death rates in Korea revealed the top with cancer and the diabetic on the sharp rise. The lung cancer rated 25 per 100,000 populations, the top killer of all cancers, then, stomach, liver and cervical cancers showing declined.

According to the causes of death compiled by the Statistic Office in 2001, the total number of death tolled 243,000 including 59,000 of cancers, the top rate, th...