As for Taiwan's incidence of dialysis (the number of new patients during a year), this is 365 per million, or more than 8,000 people in a year. Taiwan's incidence surpassed that of the US in 2002, taking over as the world's highest.
至於台灣洗腎的發生率（一年間新增加的病人數）為百萬分之 365 人，等於一年增加八千多人，更在 2002 年超越美國，躍居世界第一位。