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nCovID-19 in Taiwan　

According to New York Times (2022-12-25), Taiwan's CovID-19 death rate ranks Asia's No. 3.    In accord with Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths (2022-12-26), Taiwan's "How long does it take the number of total confirmed deaths to double" ranks world No. 4 , only next to Macau, Micronesia, and Marshall Islands.

Asia's rank country deaths per 100,000
1 HK 0.56
2 Japan 0.23
3 Taiwan 0.13
　 　 　
　 China <0.01
　 USA 0.13
　 world 0.03

　

Global comparison: where are confirmed CovID-19 deaths increasing most rapidly?

How long does it take the number of total  confirmed deaths to double

Taiwan ranks world No. 4
Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths   2022-12-26
location how long does it take for the number total confirmed deaths to double total confirmed deaths daily new confirmed deaths
Macau 9 13 +0 new
Micronesia 102 58 +0 new
Marshall Islands 131 17 +0 new
Taiwan 170 15,099 +24 new
According to Oxford Univ., ourworldindata.org/covid-cases (2022-12-26),  Taiwan's "daily new confirmed cases" ranks world No.4; Taiwan's "how long does it take for the number total confirmed cases to double" ranks world No. 9 (it takes 148 days to double)


New York Times (2022-11-15), Taiwan's CovID-19 deaths per 100,000 ranks last among main Asian countries. WSWS.org, 2022-12-1: In the past week alone, ... placing Taiwan in the top ten in the world for cases per million people. It also currently has the second-highest deaths per million. Total overall cases stand at 8,313,366 with 14,334 deaths, most occurring since April. wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/01/bqmc-d01.html  According to New York Times (2022-10-25), Taiwan's CovID-19 cases per 100,000 and deaths per 100,000 both are the worst among main Asian countries.

The China Times, editorial (2022-11-23):  Taiwan's CovID-19 case-fatality rate (確診致死率) in recent two weeks ranks world No.3, such a bad record lasts at least two weeks. chinatimes.com/opinion/20221123004522-262101?chdtv

The China Times (2022-10-26): Taiwan's confirmed cases per 1000,000 in last 7 days ranks world last.  (chinatimes.com/opinion/20221025005192-262101?chdtv)
　

New York Times, 2022-11-15
 Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak   
nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
country/region Death daily per100,000 Deaths daily avg.
Taiwan 0.24 56.9
Hong Kong 0.13 10
New Zealand 0.1 5.1
S Korea 0.09 45.1
Japan 0.06 69.7
Australia 0.06 14.3
Malaysia 0.03 8.9
Indonesia 0.02 41.4
Philippines 0.02 17.4
Singapore 0.02 0.9
Thailand <0.01 6
India <0.01 4
Saudi Arabia <0.01 2.1
Bangladesh <0.01 0.4
Sri Lanka <0.01 0.3
Pakistan <0.01 0.3
Mongolia <0.01 0.1
Myanmar <0.01 0
UAE - 0
Qatar - 0
Nepal - 0
Laos - 0
Cambodia - 0
Vietnam - 0
China - 0
Macau - 0

New York Times, 2022-10-25
Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak   
nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
　
country/region cases daily avg. per100,000 Deaths daily avg. Deaths per100,000
World 364,848 5 1,488.9 0.02
Taiwan 36,863 155 61.9 0.26
Singapore 5,941 104 1.7 0.03
Hong Kong 5,438 73 8.3 0.11
New Zealand 3,260 66 4.4 0.09
S Korea 23,025 45 16.9 0.03
Japan 34,409 27 57.3 0.05
Australia 4634 18 12.9 0.05
Qatar 471 17 0.1 <0.01
Malaysia 1932 6 3 <0.01
UAE 282 3 0.1 <0.01
Philippines 1541 1 37.9 0.04
Indonesia 2201 <1 18.6 <0.01
Saudi Arabia 228 <1 1.9 <0.01
Mongolia 21 <1 0 -
Vietnam 593 <1 0.4 <0.01
Thailand 374 <1 5.7 <0.01
Myanmar 195 <1 0.9 <0.01
Laos 12 <1 0 -
India 1760 <1 9.5 <0.01
Bangladesh 176 <1 1.0 <0.01
China 844 <1 0 -
SriLanka 9 <1 0.6 <0.01

　

Global comparison: where are confirmed CovID-19 deaths increasing most rapidly?
How long does it take the number of total  confirmed deaths to double
Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths   2022-10-8
Asian country days to double deaths Asian country days to double deaths
Taiwan  106  Sri Lanka 405
New Zealand 110    Philippines 412
Australia 149 Cambodia 426
S Korea 196  Myanmar 431
 HK 204  Indonesia 441  
 Japan  225 Bangladesh 462
 Laos 278   India 511
Singapore 292 China 955
Vietnam 349  Asia 481
Thai 374     world 527
 Mongolia 380 　 　
Malaysia 397 　 　
1. Micronesia   38 days, 2 Marshall Island 51 days, 3 Macau 85 days, Taiwan ranks world No.4 

　

　

new CovID-19 cases per 1M
Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-cases    2022-10-8
country new cases per 1M country new cases per 1M
Taiwan 1.88K Philippines 19.8
Singapore 840.28  Vietnam  9.93
HK 500.82 Thai  8.85
S Korea  453.83  India  1.94
NZ 277.1   China 0.66  
 Japan  265.1 Sri Lanka 0.49  
Australia 202.5  Cambodia 0.31
Malaysia 48.27  Macau  0
Mongolia 24.15 　 　
Asia  26.62 , N America  71, Taiwan ranks world No.3, No.1 Micronesia  10.16K, No.2 Saint Helena   8.06K

　

　

nPhysicians and medical personnel in Taiwan　

Statista: Number of medical personnel in Taiwan as of 2020, by type, Jan 27, 2022
statista.com/statistics/946929/taiwan-number-of-medical-personnel-by-type/
medical type number of personnel
Reg. nurses and professional nurses 178,498
Physicians 51,045
Pharmacists and assistant Pharmacists 35,734
Dentists 15,429
Medical technologists and technicians 10,179
Physical therapists and technicians, occupational therapists and technicians 9,073
Doctors of Chinese medicine 7,302
Dietians 3,405
Midwives and Reg. professional midwives 192
Dental assistants 29
At the end of 2021, there were approximately 183.3 thousand registered and professional nurses employed in Taiwan

　

     Statista: Number of medical personnel density in Taiwan from 2009 to 2019 
 Number of medical personnel per 10,000 inhabitants    
          statista.com/statistics/324725/taiwan-medical-personnel-density/      published 2022-1-27

yr

 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

number

 101.02 104.12 107.75 110.78 113.7 115.88 119.41 122.84 127.18 132.64 138.41

　

                             Statista: Num. of physicians in Taiwan from '12 to '21           
    https://www.statista.com/statistics/860217/taiwan-physician-number/

yr

 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

number

 40,938 41,965 42,961 44,006 44,849 46,356 47,471 49,542 51045 52175

increase

 　 1,027 996 1,045 843 1,507 1,115 2,071 1503 1130
　

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The OECD Library : physicians per 1,000 people
main countries in OECD
OECD average: 3.6

oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/b39949d7-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/b39949d7-en
rankings country  Practising Doctors
per 1,000 people (2019)
1 Greece 6.2
2 Austria 5.3
3 Portugal 5.3
4 Norway 5.0
6 Spain 4.4
7 Germany 4.4
8 Swiss 4.4
9 Sweden 4.3
10 Denmark 4.2
11 Russia 4.2
13 Italy 4.1
15 Australia 3.8
16 Nederland 3.7
20 New Zealand 3.4
　 Israel 3.3
　 France 3.2
　 Belgium 3.2
　 UK 3.0
　 Canada 2.7
　 USA 2.6
　 Japan 2.5
　 S. Korea 2.5
　 China 2.2
　 Turkey 2.0
　 India 0.9
　 Indonesia 0.5

The World Bank : physicians per 10,000 people


main countries in Asia & Pacific

　

data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
Asia's rankings country  physicians
per 10,000 people
1 Mongolia 39 (2018)
2 Australia 38 (2018)
3 N Korea 37 (2017)
4 New Zealand 34 (2018)
5 Saudi Arabia 26 (2018)
6 UAE 25 (2018)
7 Japan 25 (2018)
8 S. Korea 24 (2018)
9 Singapore 23 (2016)
10 China 20 (2017)
11 Malaysia 15 (2015)
12 India 9 (2019)
13 Thai 9  (2019)
14 Vietnam 8  (2016)
15 Myanmar 7 (2019)
16 Philippines 6 (2017)
17 Indonesia 5 (2019)
18 Lao PDR 4 (2017)


　

Wikipedia (2021-5-5) and Liberty Times (2020-1-6),  Taiwan's doctor-to-population ratio (see pic. below) almost hit lowest in Asia.  WEF<Travel and tourism competitiveness report> (released at 9-4-2019): Taiwan's Health & Hygiene (including "physicians density" ) score 6.0 is worse than that of  Japan,  Korea, and Australia, Mongolia.   According to  WEF <Travel and tourism competitiveness report> (released at 4-6-2017), Taiwan's "Physician density" ranks world No. 65 (No. 57 in 2015's report).  
CommonWealth, 2022-4-12: Taiwan has an average 21.7 physicians per 10,000 population, which lags far behind the median of 33.6 physicians for the OECD countries (only Turkey is behind Taiwan).  In terms of healthcare's share of the national budget, which stands at 11 percent, behind the OECD average of 15 percent, which constricts the industry's growth potential...10- physicians per 10,000 inhabitantsdoes not even meet the lowest standard of the World Health Organization.  english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=3198#:~:text=Taiwan%20has%20an%20average%2021.7,physicians%20for%20the%20OECD%20countries.

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pic. right: No.1 "physicians in Taiwan" on Microsoft Bing , 2023-1-1, 2022-7-21, 2022-7-1, 2022-4-23, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17, 2022-1-24, 2021-12-31, 2021-11-11, 2021-9-6, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-7, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-6-24, 2021-5-31,  2021-5-25, 2021-4-27, 2021-4-10, 3-10-2021, 2-12-2021; pic. left: No.1 "medical Doctors in Taiwan" on Microsoft Bing , 2022-7-1, 2022-6-12, 2022-4-23, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17, 2021-12-31, 2021-11-11, 2021-10-28, 2021-10-15, 2021-9-30,  2021-9-6, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-7, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-5-25, 2021-4-27, 2021-4-10,  3-10-2021, 2-12-2021, 8-17-2020, 8-5-2020

　


pic. :  No.1 "physicians in Taiwan" on Yandex of Russia,
 test at 2022-11-1, 2022-10-21, 2022-7-21, 2022-7-1, 2022-6-12, 2022-5-28, 2022-4-23, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17, 2022-1-24, 2021-12-31, 2021-11-11,
2021-10-28, 2021-10-15, 2021-9-30, 2021-9-6, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-7,  2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-6-24, 2021-6-16; No.2 at 2023-1-1, 2022-9-19

　

　

　

　

nCovID-19 in Taiwan　
 ◆ Nikkei Asia (Japan) , 2022-7-8: Nikkei CovID-19 Recovery Index: Taiwan, at 112th, is still grappling with tens of thousands of cases every day. The current wave has cost the island nearly 6,500 lives. ( Taiwan ranks last in Asia & Pacific )
 ◆ Bloomberg's CovID Resilience Ranking, 2022-6-29: But they've been unable to outrun omicron: Taiwan and Hong Kong both saw deaths spike as more virus circulated (bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/)

◆ United Daily 》editorial, 2022-9-6: The Covid wave is going to be fueled by the omicron BA.5 which was foreseen a month ago; however, Taiwan has not prepared at all.  udn.com/news/story/7338/6591158?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 

　

Statista, 2022-7-27: Coronavirus (COVID-19)  death rate
in countries with confirmed deaths and over 1,000 reported cases
as of April 26, 2022, by country
 comparisons among main Asian countries

statista.com/statistics/1105914/coronavirus-death-rates-worldwide/
countries World ranks cases in last 7 days Death Rate
NZ Cook Islands No.1 526 0.02
Bhutan No.2 3317 0.03
New Zealand No.5 45748 0.07
Singapore No.8 16728 0.11
Australia No.9 247199 0.12
S Korea No.11 426645 0.13
Qatar No.19 546 0.19
Mongolia No.24 196 0.24
UAE No.26 1459 0.26
Israel No.26 21334 0.26
Laos No.34 4515 0.36
Japan No.38 244929 0.38
Vietnam No.42 82453 0.41
Thailand No.71 110385 0.6
China No.74 179114 0.6
Malaysia No.93 31317 0.8
Lebanon No.105 651 0.9
Saudi Arabia No.125 678 1.2
India No.128 12503 1.21
Nepal No.129 78 1.22
Taiwan No.143 23976 1.39

　

　

Taiwan's COVID-19 performance

World Index

Taiwan's ranks

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Statista, 2022-7-27: Coronavirus (COVID-19)  death rate, in countries with confirmed deaths and over 1,000 reported cases
as of April 26, 2022, by country		 Taiwan ranks No.143, behind NZ, Singapore, Australia, S Korea, Qatar, Mongolia, Israel, Laos, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, India, Nepal, etc statista.com/statistics/1105914/coronavirus-death-rates-worldwide/
Nikkei CovID-19 Recovery Index, as of Jul. 31 Taiwan ranks No. 79 , behind Cambodia, Vietnam, UAE, S. Korea,  China, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Mongolia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia,  etc asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-19-Recovery-Index/Japan-tumbles-in-COVID-recovery-ranking-as-infections-surge
Bloomberg's CovID Resilience Ranking, 2022-6-29 Taiwan ranks next to the last bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/
Bloomberg CovID Resilience Ranking   2022-5-27 Taiwan ranks the 3rd from the end    bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/spanish.html
Bloomberg CovID Resilience Ranking   2021-10-28 Taiwan's "3-month case fatality rate ", 7.7 %, ranks world worst bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/
Bloomberg CovID Resilience Ranking  2021-9-28 Taiwan's "3-month case fatality rate ", 13.4 %, ranks world worst bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/
Nikkei CovID-19 Recovery Index, as of Aug. 31 (released at 2022-9-9) Taiwan ranks No. 57 , behind Vietnam, Cambodia, UAE, S. Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Mongolia, China, Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan, India, etc asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-19-Recovery-Index/China-slips-in-COVID-recovery-ranking-with-fresh-lockdowns

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