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Appendices

Table 7 Major Causes of Death

Infant Maternal Major causes of death
mortality mortality All causes of death Malignant Cerebrovascular
rate rate Heart disease Pneumonia Diabetes mellitus
Year neoplasms disease
Per Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized Standardized
Per 1,000 100,000 Deaths mortality rate per mortality rate per mortality rate per mortality rate per mortality rate per mortality rate per
live births
live births 100,000 population 100,000 population 100,000 population 100,000 population 100,000 population 100,000 population
2000 5.8 7.8 124,481 569.4 141.6 48.8 15.6 61.1 42.7
2005 5.0 * 138,957 530.0 141.2 48.3 21.0 48.9 39.4
2010 4.2 * 144,709 455.6 131.6 47.4 25.6 30.6 25.3
2013 3.9 * 154,374 435.3 130.4 47.7 22.5 30.3 25.8
2014 3.6 * 162,886 443.5 130.2 50.2 24.7 30.4 26.0
2015 4.1 11.3 163,574 431.5 128.0 48.1 24.6 27.9 24.3
2016 3.9 11.6 172,418 439.4 126.8 50.3 26.9 28.6 24.5
2017 4.0 * 171,857 424.3 123.4 48.5 26.5 27.5 23.5
2018 4.2 11.6 172,859 415.0 121.8 48.8 27.4 26.1 21.5
2019 3.8 15.4 175,424 408.2 121.3 43.6 30.0 26.7 22.3
2020 3.6 13.0 173,067 390.8 117.3 43.8 26.4 25.2 22.0
2021 4.1 14.0 184,172 405.5 118.2 45.6 25.3 25.2 23.8
2022 4.4 * 208,438 443.9 116.0 47.8 26.3 25.1 24.7
2023 4.3 * 205,575 429.6 115.4 46.8 29.9 24.6 22.8

Major causes of death Major causes of cancer death
Nephritis, Trachea
Coronavirus Chronic Liver and Colon,
disease Hypertensive Accident lower nephrotic Intentional cancer, intrahepatic rectum Female Prostate
2019 disease injury respiratory syndrome self-harm bronchus bile ducts and anus breast cancer
Year (COVID-19) 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 - 7.5 46.5 21.9 17.9 10.6 28.0 27.0 15.3 10.3 5.7
2005 - 7.0 34.0 20.0 17.9 16.6 27.4 27.3 15.5 11.0 6.6
2010 - 12.2 24.4 14.8 12.4 13.8 25.8 25.2 14.6 11.0 6.1
2013 - 12.9 22.4 14.9 11.9 12.0 25.3 24.2 14.9 11.6 6.6
2014 - 13.5 23.7 15.3 12.5 11.8 25.3 23.3 15.3 11.9 6.5
2015 - 13.2 22.8 14.6 11.8 12.1 24.7 22.8 14.9 12.0 6.4
2016 - 13.5 23.1 15.1 12.4 12.3 24.4 22.2 14.6 11.8 6.8
2017 - 13.3 21.9 13.3 12.4 12.5 23.1 21.6 14.4 12.6 6.9
2018 - 12.8 21.1 12.7 12.3 12.5 22.8 20.3 14.0 12.5 6.6
2019 - 12.9 20.0 12.6 10.7 12.6 22.8 18.8 14.9 13.1 7.1
2020 0.1 13.4 20.3 11.0 10.5 11.8 21.8 18.0 14.6 12.8 7.8
2021 2.0 15.2 20.0 11.7 10.9 11.6 22.2 17.9 14.6 13.8 7.5
2022 28.6 16.3 20.0 11.8 11.3 12.3 21.8 17.0 14.7 13.1 8.0
2023 16.5 16.5 20.0 11.1 11.1 12.7 21.6 16.4 14.2 13.3 7.7
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.
3. When the number of deaths is fewer than 20, the small sample size makes the mortality rate unreliable, so it is marked with an asterisk (*).

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