The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics (응용통계연구)

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A comparison between the real and synthetic cohort of mortality for Korea

가상코호트와 실제코호트 사망력 비교

  • Oh, Jinho (Statistical Research Institute, Statistics Korea)
  • 오진호 (통계청 통계개발원 통계분석실)
  • Received : 2018.02.05
  • Accepted : 2018.06.11
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

Korea will have a super-aged society within only 30 years according to the United Nations' definition of an aging society and the statistics on Korea's Population projections (2016), indicates that Korea has the fastest ageing speed in the world. There is a lack of data on long-term time-series data on death as related to pension and welfare policies compared to the rapid rate of aging. This paper estimates life expectancy over 245 years (from 1955 to 2200) through past and future forecasts as well as compares the expected life expectancy of the synthetic cohort and the real cohort. In addition, an international comparisons were made to understand the level of aging in Korea. Estimates of the back-projection period were compared with previous studies and the LC model to improve accuracy and objectivity. In addition, the predictions after 2016 reflected the declined mortality rate effect of Korea using the LC-ER model. The results showed an increase in life expectancy of about 30 years over 60 years (1955-2015) with an expected life expectancy of the real cohort over the second century (1955-2155) higher than the synthetic cohort. The comparative advantage of life expectancy of real cohorts was confirmed to be a common trend among comparative countries. In addition, Japan and Korea have a higher life expectancy and starting from 85 to 90 years old, all comparative countries show that the growth rate for the life expectancy of synthetic and real cohorts is less than previous years.

UN의 고령화사회(ageing society) 정의와 통계청의 장래인구추계 (2016)에 따르면 우리나라는 만 30여년 만에 초고령사회(super-aged society)를 맞이하게 되며, 세계 어느 나라와도 비교할 수 없는 빠른 고령화 속도를 보인다. 이러한 유례없는 고령화 속도에 비해서 장기 시계열의 사망관련 데이터 확보와 연금과 복지정책을 고민하는 인식은 뒤처져 있다. 본 연구는 과거 및 미래 예측을 통해 우리나라 1955-2200년까지 245여 연간의 사망률 자료를 추정 예측하여 가상코호트와 실제코호트의 기대수명을 비교함으로써 그 차이가 어느 정도인지를 가늠해 보았다. 더불어 우리나라 고령화수준을 파악하기 위해 국제비교도 하였다. 역 추계(back-projection) 기간의 추정치는 선행연구와 Lee-Carte (LC) 모형으로 비교 분석해 정확성과 객관성을 높였으며, 2016년 이후의 예측치는 LC method extended with rotation (LC-ER) 모형을 활용해 우리나라의 사망률 개선의 교대현상을 반영하였다. 분석결과 60년 동안(1955-2015년) 약 30년에 가까운 기대수명의 증가가 이루어졌고, 2세기(1955-2155)동안 실제코호트의 기대수명이 가상코호트보다 높게 도출되었다. 실제코호트의 기대수명 비교우위는 비교 국가들 모두 공통적인 경향임을 확인하였다. 그리고 일본과 우리나라가 기대수명의 상위를 점하고 있고, 모든 국가들이 85-90세를 기점으로 가상과 실제코호트의 기대수명에 대한 증가속도가 이전보다 높지 않음을 보였다.

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