Statistics indicate that from 2001 to 2005 there were 16,779 suicides. But 4,282 of these came in 2005 alone, of which, according to statistics of the Department of Health, more than 700 cases involved economic problems.
據統計，國內 2001 年到 2005 年間的自殺死亡人數高達 1 萬 6,779 人；僅在 2005 年，全年自殺人數就達到 4,282 人，其中，依衛生署的統計，有超過七百人的自殺原因與經濟問題有關。