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Section 4 Mortality Rates
According to the latest OECD data, in 2021, United Kingdom also had the lowest suicide rate, at 8.4
among developed countries Republic of Korea had deaths per 100,000 population, compared to a rate of
the lowest standardized mortality rate for malignant 14.5 deaths in Taiwan. In 2022 Japan led in neonatal
neoplasms at 160.2 deaths per 100,000 population, mortality rate, with 0.8 deaths per 1,000 live births,
compared to a rate of 217.6 deaths in Taiwan. compared to a rate of 2.8 deaths in Taiwan. Since
For transport accidents the United Kingdom was 2011, the suicide rates decreased in all countries apart
the lowest at 2.1 deaths per 100,000 population, from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia,
compared to a rate of 12.8 deaths in Taiwan. The New Zealand (Table 2-6).

Table 2-6 Standardized Mortality Rates of Major Countries

Malignant neoplasms Transport accidents Suicide
Neonatal mortality
(per 100,000 (per 100,000 (per 100,000
(per 1,000 live births)
population) population) population)
2011 2021 2011 2021 2011 2021 2012 2022
R.O.C. (Taiwan) 241.9 217.6 17.5 12.8 15.8 14.5 2.3 2.8
Japan 200.0 174.8 4.6 2.4 21.4 15.4 1.0 0.8
Republic of Korea 200.8 160.2 14.5 7.5 34.7 24.1 1.7 1.3
United States 211.1 182.2 12.5 13.8 13.0 14.1 4.1 3.6
Canada 226.8 200.3 7.2 4.7 10.9 10.5 3.6 3.5
United Kingdom 244.8 221.8 3.2 2.1 7.0 8.4 2.9 2.9
Germany 222.7 206.2 5.1 3.4 11.2 9.7 2.2 2.3
France 220.6 209.5 6.2 4.5 16.2 12.3 2.4 2.8
Australia 216.9 190.6 7.2 5.4 10.9 12.4 2.3 2.3
New Zealand 234.5 221.2 8.7 9.1 11.2 12.1 3.1 3.0
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan); OECD Health Statistics
Notes: 1. The data for 2011 is the "value adjusted by conversion ratio" and not the original releases of statistical data.
2. If the data for a specific year are not available, the latest available data are used instead.
3. The standardized mortality rates for malignant neoplasms, transport accidents, and suicide were calculated based on the 2015
OECD standards for calculating population.

Section 5 Health Expenditure
In 2022, the United States saw its current health of 9.2%. Compared with 2012, South Korea's level
expenditure (CHE) account for 16.6% of GDP, the recorded an increase of 3.7 percentage points, higher
highest among OECD countries. Taiwan's current than any other OECD country, and Taiwan's 2022 level
health expenditure as a percentage of its GDP came increased by 0.5 percentage points (Table 2-7).
in at 7.0%, slightly lower than the OECD's average

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