Medical spending on smoking, drinking and obesity-related illnesses reached 6.7 trillion won in 2011, which accounted for 14 percent of the total medical spending, a state-run think tank reported on March 4.
According to the Health Insurance Policy Research Institute affiliated with the National Health Insurance Service, medical expenditures for smoking-related diseases jumped 48.7 percent from some 1.05 trillion won (US$969 million) in 2007 to more than 1.56 trillion won in 2011.
The amount of money spent on treatment for drinking-related illnesses soared 42.7 percent to 2.43 trillion won during the same period, the report said.
Medical spending on obesity-related diseases totaled 2.69 trillion won in 2011, up 41.9 percent from four years earlier, it said.
By Ayaka Erin Tobari
According to the Health Insurance Policy Research Institute affiliated with the National Health Insurance Service, medical expenditures for smoking-related diseases jumped 48.7 percent from some 1.05 trillion won (US$969 million) in 2007 to more than 1.56 trillion won in 2011.
The amount of money spent on treatment for drinking-related illnesses soared 42.7 percent to 2.43 trillion won during the same period, the report said.
Medical spending on obesity-related diseases totaled 2.69 trillion won in 2011, up 41.9 percent from four years earlier, it said.
By Ayaka Erin Tobari
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