According to Department of Health statistics, suicides among the elderly over sixty-five are more than five times those among young people aged between 20 and 24. Cases among the single and widowed outnumber those among the married by two to three times.
根據行政院衛生署統計，六十五歲以上老人自殺比例是廿至廿四歲者的五倍多；其中，單身、喪偶者自殺率又遠高於有偶者二至三倍。