For example, Taiwan's suicide rate peaked in 1982 (with 12 suicides per 100,000 people) and began to decline thereafter, reaching its lowest point in 1990, at a time when Taiwan was experiencing an economic boom and its industry was thriving.
舉例而言，台灣的自殺率在一九八二年達到高峰（每十萬人口平均十二人）後，就逐年下降，一九九○年自殺率達到低點，此時台灣的經濟活躍，各項產業欣欣向榮。