Chen Chien-jen professor of public health at National Taiwan University Hospital, analyzes the problem from the ten leading causes of death. In 1952, a variety of epidemic diseases were the leading killers in the Taiwan area.
台大公衛系教授陳建仁以十大死因來做分析：在民國四十一年，腸胃炎、肺炎、結核病等急性傳染病是台灣地區最主要的死因，但經過卅多年的醫學努力，這些細菌、病毒引起的疾病已經能夠有效控制。