According to a 2002 survey by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics, the number of people needing care is over 338,000. More than half this figure (53.88 %) is composed of the elderly.
根據行政院主計處 2002 年普查統計，台灣有照顧需要的人口為三十三萬八千多人，其中半數以上（53.88％）為老年人口。