Domestic Mortality Rate from Diabetes Increases

According to a recent report by the Korea National Statistical Office (KNSO), the domestic mortality rate caused by diabetes has increased significantly over the 10-year period from 1993 to 2003, whereas the mortality rate by hypertension has decreased.

Diabetes was ranked as the fourth in the list of top ten mortality causes for 2003, with 25 deaths per 100,000 people. In 1993, it was rank...