Research shows that malignant tumors reduce Taiwan’s average life expectancy by 3.7 years

China News Service, Taipei, October 24 (Reporter Lu Mei) The latest research released by the Taiwan authorities' internal affairs department on the 24th shows that the average life expectancy of Taiwanese people in 2025 is 81.27 years. If malignant tumors are excluded, it can increase by 3.7 years to 84.97 years. Malignant tumors have been the leading cause of death in Taiwan for 44 consecutive years.

Statistics show that in 2025, there will be approximately 54,800 deaths from malignant tumors in Taiwan, accounting for 27.48% of all deaths.

The top ten causes of death in Taiwan in 2025 are: malignant tumors, heart disease, pneumonia, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, hypertensive disease, accident injuries, nephritis and nephrotic syndrome and kidney disease, chronic lower respiratory diseases, and intentional self-harm (suicide).

According to reports, in order to understand the impact of various causes of death on average life expectancy in Taiwan, the department used the number of deaths from the top ten causes of death collected by the health and welfare authorities of the Taiwan authorities to calculate the average life span after excluding specific causes of death and compared it with the general average life span. The larger the difference between the two, the greater the impact of the cause of death on average life expectancy.