MORTALITY: The number of fatalities in Taiwan rose 0.5 percentage points to 172,859, meaning there was one death every 182 seconds, a one-second increase
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 22, 2019
By: Lin Liang-yi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Cancer remains the No. 1 cause of death in Taiwan, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said
The entrance to the Ministry of Health and Welfare is pictured in Taipei on April 30.
Photo: Lin Hui-chin, Taipei Times
The 10 leading causes of death in the nation last year were cancer, cardiovascular diseases, pneumonia, cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, accidents, chronic lower respiratory tract diseases, hypertension, renal diseases and chronic liver diseases, the ministry said, adding that they accounted for 133,489 deaths, or 77.2 percent of all fatalities.
The number of deaths caused by pneumonia and cardiovascular disease rose last year, while there were fewer due to chronic liver disease and diabetes, it said.
Cancers caused 48,785 deaths, or 28.3 percent of overall fatalities in the nation, with a rate of 206.9 deaths per 100,000 people, up by about 1.5 percentage points annually, the ministry said.
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