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2024 Taiwan Health and Welfare Report

Figure 2-14 Victims of Domestic Violence Rate, by Year

Per 100,000 population
1,000
Total Male Female
800
704
670
655 631 643
592
581 575 567 558 559 566
600 505 531
472 440 485
409 408 405 405 410 388 424
400 336 364
272 247 286
225 230 231 239
200

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Year
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Note: Victims of Domestic Violence Rate=Reported victims/mid-year population x 100,000

In terms of reported case types, in 2023 there predominant case type has consistently been "Marital,
were 168,000 cases, with the highest proportion Divorced or Cohabitation Relationship," as shown in
(48.4％) attributed to "Marital, Divorced or Cohabitation Fig. 2-15. For more information on the handling of
Relationship." "Children and Youth Protection" domestic violence, refer to Sections 2 and 3 under
accounted for 16.1% of the cases, while "Elderly Chapter 2 of Part 11.
Protection" accounted for 6.8%. Over the years, the

Figure 2-15 Domestic Violence Reported Cases by Type and Year
Marital, Divorced or Cohabitation Relationship Elder protection
Children and youths protection Others
Ĉ
13.1 11.5 11.7 11.8 11.9 12.0 12.8 14.2 14.9 15.7 16.8 10,000
100 cases
19.6
24.7 23.5 24.9 25.7 26.7 28.4
28.3 29.9 29.4 28.8
80 2.8
2.9 5.1 6.0 6.3 6.5 5.4 6.0 6.7 6.8
60 31.0 19.3 18.3 13.8 13.3 12.7 16.4 17.7 6.6
16.4 16.1 16.1

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46.6 53.1 53.1 55.3 54.7 54.2 49.8 47.9 47.1 47.8 48.4
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0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Year
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Note: 1. In order to clearly define the scope of domestic violence, the number of notifications since 2014 did not include "strangers" and
"family members other than fourth degree of kinship."
2. The case type "others" mainly includes "violence between other family members" and "abuse of lineal ascendants under the age of
65 by lineal blood/ marriage descendants."

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