Taiwan's population is ageing at an alarming rate. In 1992 the elderly topped 7 % of the population, making Taiwan a real "country of old people." The high cost of providing healthcare and social services to the old will be another effect of the disintegration of the family.
台灣人口老化速度驚人，老年人口比例已在一九九三年時超過 7％，正式躋身「老人國」之林，老人安養與醫療照護的沈重負擔，將成為家庭崩解的另一條導火線。