It was widely hailed as a miracle when "Cucumber," a baby delivered at 650 grams after only 24 weeks in the womb, survived to attend his first birthday party on October 1. The infant mortality rate in Taiwan fell from 16.7 percent in 1954 to 2.1 percent in 1994. Its drop is the clearest demonstration of the advance in medical science and technology.
台灣地區新生兒的死亡率從民國四十三年的百分之十六．七，下降至民國八十二年的百分之二．一，就是醫療科技進步的最好說明。