Are we looking at the average or at the distribution? Interpreting divergent signals from the Republic of Korea’s national health surveys
Jong-Koo Lee · 2025
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Jong-Koo Lee reflects on what two decades of Korean national health surveys have shown, and what they miss, in a 2025 commentary. Producers and users of the country's three flagship surveys met for the first time in near twenty years. Averages can look calm while gaps between groups widen, Lee warns.
The essay traces how each survey grew: one rebuilt in 2007 into a yearly exam-based tracker, one built for local health rule, one for youth risk. Reading them together takes care, since their designs pull in different directions. Health gaps by region and group stood out as the shared worry. Lee calls for joint work that pairs broad interventions with local cause hunting.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jong-Koo Lee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |