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02 | Health and Welfare Indicators
Figure 2-7 Changes in the Ten Leading Causes of Cancer Death
2013ccMortality Rates for All Cancers194.0 Mortality Rates for All Cancers 227.6cc2023
Cancer of trachea, 1 Cancer of trachea,
bronchus and lung 38.3 44.3 bronchus and lung
Cancer of liver and 2 Cancer of liver and
intrahepatic bile ducts 35.5 33.1 intrahepatic bile ducts
Cancer of colon, rectum and anus 23.6 3 29.1 Cancer of colon, rectum and anus
Cancer of breast (female) 17.5 4 25.2 Cancer of breast (female)
Cancer of oral cavity 12.5 5 15.7 Cancer of prostate
Cancer of prostate 10.9 6 15.5 Cancer of oral cavity
Cancer of stomach 10.0 7 12.3 Cancer of pancreas
Cancer of pancreas 7.8 8 10.0 Cancer of stomach
Cancers of oesophagus 7.5 9 8.8 Cancers of oesophagus
Cancer of cervix uteri and uterus, part unspecified 6.3 10 6.4 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 2013 is the "value adjusted by conversion ratio" and not the original releases of statistical data.
Section 3 Infant and Neonatal Mortality
Rates
With advancements in public health, both the implementation of birth reporting in 1995. The infant
infant mortality rate [number of deaths under 1 year of mortality rate decreased from 8.9 per 1,000 live births
age / number of live births * 1,000] and the neonatal in 1981 to 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023, while the
mortality rate [number of deaths under 4 weeks of age neonatal mortality rate fell from 3.1 per 1,000 live births
/ number of live births * 1,000] have generally declined, to 2.8 per 1,000 live births during the same period, as
although there was a slight increase following the shown in Figure 2-8.
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 4.3
4
3.1
3
2.8
2
1
0
1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023Year
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Note: The birth reporting system was launched on Mar. 1995.
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