Statistics from the Department of Civil Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) indicate a cremation rate of 89.11 % in 2009 (99 % in large urban areas), with the ashes of some 100,000 persons placed each year in columbariums. Quite clearly, "cremation plus columbarium" has become the standard way of handling dead bodies in Taiwan.
據內政部民政司統計，去（2009）年的屍體火化率為 89.11 %（都會區火化率更達 99 %），而每年採納骨塔放置者約 10 萬人，顯示「火化入塔」已成為國內殯葬的主流趨勢。