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Figure 2-7 Changes in the Ten Leading Causes of Cancer Death

2012ccMortality rate189.7 Mortality rate222.7cc2022
Cancer of trachea, � Cancer of trachea,
bronchus and lung ��.� ��.� bronchus and lung
Cancer of liver and Cancer of liver and
��.� � ��.�
intrahepatic bile ducts intrahepatic bile ducts
Cancer of colon, rectum and anus ��.� � ��.� Cancer of colon, rectum and anus
Cancer of breast (female) ��.� � ��.� Cancer of breast (female)
Cancer of oral cavity ��.� � ��.� Cancer of prostate
Cancer of prostate ��.� � ��.� Cancer of oral cavity
Cancer of stomach ��.� � ��.� Cancer of pancreas
Cancers of oesophagus �.� � �.� Cancer of stomach
Cancer of pancreas �.� � �.� Cancers of oesophagus
Cancer of cervix uteri and uterus, part unspecified �.� �� �.� Cancer of ovary
Per 100,000
50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 population
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Note: The data for 2012 is the "value adjusted by conversion ratio" and not the original releases of statistical data.

Section 3 Infant and Neonatal Mortality
Rates

Other than a slight increase in 1995 due to a new life per 1,000 live births). In 2022, the infant mortality
birth reporting system, advances in public health have rate declined to 4.4‰, compared to 8.9‰ in 1981.
led to general declines in both the infant mortality rate Over the same period, the neonatal mortality rate
(deaths before age one per 1,000 live births) and the dropped from 3.1‰ to 2.8‰ (Figure 2-8).
neonatal mortality rate (deaths in the first four weeks of

Figure 2-8 Infant and Neonatal Mortality Rates, by Year

Per 1,000 live births
Infant mortality rate
10
Neonatal mortality rate
9 8.9
8
7
6
5 4.4
4
3.1
3
2 2.8
1

0
1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2022 Year
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Note: The birth reporting system was launched on Mar. 1995.

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