Tai points out that at the time Taiwan's first diabetes survey was undertaken in 1970, most victims were in the middle-aged and elderly population. However, in recent years, it has been discovered that the segment of the population afflicted by diabetes is growing broader.
戴東原指出，台灣在一九七○年第一次作調查時，糖尿病患者多為四十歲以上的中、老年人口，但最近幾年發現，糖尿病人口範圍越來越廣。