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Appendices

Table 10 Social Welfare

Children and youths welfare (below 18 years of age) People with disabilities
Living assistance for
Proportion disadvantaged children and youths Proportion Distribution of population by age
Population of total Population of total
Year
population Person- Amount population Below 18 18-64 years Above 65
times years of age of age years of age
Person- Expressed in NTD
Persons ％ Persons ％ ％ ％ ％
times millions
2000 5,779,069 25.9 … … 711,064 3.2 7.2 58.0 34.9
2005 5,242,928 23.0 824,842 1,715 937,944 4.1 6.5 58.5 34.9
2010 4,595,767 19.8 1,355,253 2,054 1,076,293 4.7 5.8 57.6 36.6
2012 4,380,203 18.8 1,466,688 2,880 1,117,518 4.8 5.6 57.6 36.8
2013 4,258,385 18.2 1,406,040 2,781 1,125,113 4.8 5.3 57.2 37.5
2014 4,149,792 17.7 1,401,476 2,742 1,141,677 4.9 5.1 56.7 38.2
2015 4,043,357 17.2 1,385,684 2,709 1,155,650 4.9 4.9 56.1 39.0
2016 3,987,202 16.9 1,382,965 2,797 1,170,199 5.0 4.8 55.2 40.0
2017 3,900,662 16.5 1,339,627 2,708 1,167,450 5.0 4.6 54.6 40.8
2018 3,778,520 16.0 1,309,150 2,635 1,173,978 5.0 4.5 53.6 41.9
2019 3,702,207 15.7 1,239,001 2,498 1,186,740 5.0 4.4 52.4 43.2
2020 3,615,967 15.3 1,200,873 2,516 1,197,939 5.1 4.3 51.3 44.4
2021 3,517,700 15.0 1,157,898 2,424 1,203,756 5.2 4.3 50.3 45.4
2022 3,432,173 14.8 1,131,488 2,433 1,196,654 5.1 4.4 49.5 46.1
2023 3,404,197 14.5 1,058,871 2,206 1,214,668 5.2 4.5 48.1 47.4
Data source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

Table 11 Protective Services

Child and youths protection Domestic violence Sexual violence
Number of
abused children Child and youths Number of victims Protection and assistance for Protection and assistance for
Year Abuse Rate declared victims victims
and youths
Per 1,000 Expressed in Expressed in
Persons Persons Person-times Person-times
people NTD millions NTD millions
2000 … … … … … … …
2005 9,897 1.9 58,614 … … … …
2010 18,331 3.9 98,720 601,567 344 100,942 60
2012 19,174 4.3 98,399 915,859 391 158,258 71
2013 16,322 3.8 110,103 988,586 469 177,258 78
2014 11,589 2.8 95,663 1,127,819 534 199,846 109
2015 9,604 2.3 95,818 1,191,465 577 219,024 114
2016 9,461 2.4 95,175 1,297,726 612 218,852 124
2017 9,389 2.4 95,402 1,323,396 743 229,525 173
2018 9,186 2.4 96,693 1,309,184 961 245,515 153
2019 11,113 3.0 103,930 1,499,713 869 340,891 160
2020 12,610 3.4 114,381 1,631,339 1,119 398,148 209
2021 11,523 3.2 118,532 1,754,639 1,069 370,063 161
2022 11,950 3.4 123,741 1,817,387 990 291,299 160
2023 12,646 3.7 132,147 1,900,479 1,217 310,082 173
Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare and municipal, county (city) governments
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