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Appendices

Table 7 Major Causes of Death

Major causes of death
Infant Maternal
mortality mortality All causes of death Malignant Coronavirus Cerebrovascular
rate rate Heart disease disease 2019 Pneumonia
neoplasms disease
Year (COVID-19)
Standardized
Per Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized
Per 1,000 100,000 Deaths mortality rate mortality rate per mortality rate per mortality rate per mortality rate per mortality rate per
live births per 100,000
live births 100,000 population 100,000 population 100,000 population 100,000 population 100,000 population
population
2000 5.8 7.8 124,481 569.4 141.6 48.8 - 15.6 61.1
2005 5.0 7.3 138,957 530.0 141.2 48.3 - 21.0 48.9
2010 4.2 4.2 144,709 455.6 131.6 47.4 - 25.6 30.6
2012 3.7 8.5 153,823 450.6 131.3 47.9 - 24.4 30.8
2013 3.9 9.2 154,374 435.3 130.4 47.7 - 22.5 30.3
2014 3.6 6.6 162,886 443.5 130.2 50.2 - 24.7 30.4
2015 4.1 11.7 163,574 431.5 128.0 48.1 - 24.6 27.9
2016 3.9 11.6 172,418 439.4 126.8 50.3 - 26.9 28.6
2017 4.0 9.8 171,857 424.3 123.4 48.5 - 26.5 27.5
2018 4.2 12.2 172,859 415.0 121.8 48.8 - 27.4 26.1
2019 3.8 16.0 175,424 408.2 121.3 43.6 - 30.0 26.7
2020 3.6 13.0 173,067 390.8 117.3 43.8 0.1 26.4 25.2
2021 4.1 14.0 184,172 405.5 118.2 45.6 2.0 25.3 25.2
2022 4.4 13.1 208,438 443.9 116.0 47.8 28.6 26.3 25.1

Major causes of death Major causes of cancer death
Nephritis, Trachea
Chronic nephrotic Intentional cancer, Liver and Colon, Female
Diabetes Hypertensive Accident lower syndrome self-harm bronchus intrahepatic rectum breast Prostate
mellitus disease injury respiratory bile ducts and anus cancer
Year disease and (suicide) and lung cancer cancer cancer
nephrosis cancer
Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized
mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate mortality rate
per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000 per 100,000
population population population population population population population population population population population
2000 42.7 7.5 46.5 21.9 17.9 10.6 28.0 27.0 15.3 10.3 5.7
2005 39.4 7.0 34.0 20.0 17.9 16.6 27.4 27.3 15.5 11.0 6.6
2010 25.3 12.2 24.4 14.8 12.4 13.8 25.8 25.2 14.6 11.0 6.1
2012 26.5 13.3 23.8 16.4 12.1 13.1 25.4 24.7 14.9 11.6 6.7
2013 25.8 12.9 22.4 14.9 11.9 12.0 25.3 24.2 14.9 11.6 6.6
2014 26.0 13.5 23.7 15.3 12.5 11.8 25.3 23.3 15.3 11.9 6.5
2015 24.3 13.2 22.8 14.6 11.8 12.1 24.7 22.8 14.9 12.0 6.4
2016 24.5 13.5 23.1 15.1 12.4 12.3 24.4 22.2 14.6 11.8 6.8
2017 23.5 13.3 21.9 13.3 12.4 12.5 23.1 21.6 14.4 12.6 6.9
2018 21.5 12.8 21.1 12.7 12.3 12.5 22.8 20.3 14.0 12.5 6.6
2019 22.3 12.9 20.0 12.6 10.7 12.6 22.8 18.8 14.9 13.1 7.1
2020 22.0 13.4 20.3 11.0 10.5 11.8 21.8 18.0 14.6 12.8 7.8
2021 23.8 15.2 20.0 11.7 10.9 11.6 22.2 17.9 14.6 13.8 7.5
2022 24.7 16.3 20.0 11.8 11.3 12.3 21.8 17.0 14.7 13.1 8.0
Data source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Notes: 1. The standardized mortality rate is worked out according to the world's standard population age structure of 2000 gained by WHO.
2. The classification of causes of death has followed ICD-10 since 2008, and selecting the underlying cause of death has followed ICD-10 version 2016
since 2019.
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