According to Prof. Hsu Chieh-lin of National Taiwan University, the 731 unit experimented with the anatomies of three men every two days on average in the period between 1941 and 1945, during which about 3,000 men were victimized.
根據台大政治系教授﹘﹘「近代日本論」的作者﹘﹘許介鱗博士所提供的資料顯示，從民國卅年到卅四年間，七三一部隊平均每二天解剖或實驗三個人，總數大約有三千人先後遇害。