ICRT Radio News
Date: 2019-06-22

According to Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare, more people in Taiwan
died from cancer in 2018 than ever before.

Ministry figures show that 48,784 people died of various types of cancer in
Taiwan in 2018, up 747, or 1.56 percent, from the previous year. That
translated to a cancer patient dying every 10 minutes and 46 seconds in
Taiwan, 10 seconds shorter than in 2017.    [FULL  STORY]