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                    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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