In 1987, kidney disease entered the list of the top ten causes of death of Taiwan residents, at number ten. By 1991 it was up to number eight, and was at the top of the charts of major illnesses in terms of the rate at which it is increasing.
民國七十六年，腎臟病首次進入國人十大死亡病因的排行榜第十位，八十年急竄至第八位，竄升速度之快為其它重大疾病之首。