Babies born last year in South Korea are expected to live 82-point-four years on average.
 
According to Statistics Korea’s 2014 Life Tables released Thursday, male babies born last year are expected to live 79 years and female babies 85-point-five years.

That's an increase of zero-point-five years for men and zero-point-four years for women compared to last year's Life Tables.
   
The life expectancy in South Korea exceeds the average among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). South Korean men exceed the OECD's average life expectancy by one-point-two years and women two-point-four years.
 
South Korean women ranked fourth while men ranked 17th in life expectancy among 34 OECD members.
   
South Korean women are expected to live six-point-five years longer than men. But the gap has been dwindling since peaking at eight-point-four years in 1985.
   
As for causes of death, South Korean men and women stand a similar probability of dying from heart ailments and cerebrovascular diseases. But men have a 28-point-four percent chance of dying from cancer, eleven-point-five percent higher than women.
   
By region, life expectancy stood at an average of 83-point-six years in Seoul and 82-point-nine years in Gyeonggi Province. The southeastern port city of Ulsan came in last at 81-point-three years, following Gangwon Province with 81-point-four years.