Elderly people have the highest rate of suicide among all age groups in Taiwan. In 1996, the suicide rate among those aged 65 and over in Taiwan was around six times the rate for those in the 15-24 age bracket--an unusually high ratio.
台灣老年人的自殺率居各年齡層人口之冠，以民國八十四年為例，六十五歲以上老人人口的自殺率是十五到二十四歲年輕人的六倍左右。