Taiwan · 2008–2025 · Ages 0–19
In 2025, about 2.55 out of every 100,000 children aged 0–19 in Taiwan died by suicide. The rate has been going up about 10.1% a year since 2014, with a possible plateau at 2022. 1,226 deaths in total.
Suicides are expressed as "# per 100,000 per year," but in some jurisdictions this means that we are converting very small numbers into rates (14/400,000 population, for example). Because of this, small changes in numbers of death can create 'bumpy' rate charts. The whole purpose of the confidence intervals and statistical significance on this page is to help you understand what is simply noise and what may be a true change.
This chart groups age "0-19" suicides, but it's important to note that 0-19 is really not what we are looking at. Suicides under 10 are extremely rare (<1 per million person years), and suicide rates increase with age all the way to age 19. So the "pool" of 0-19 is describing 19 year old suicides (12.3 per 100,000) more than it's describing 10 year old suicides (0.4 per 100,000), by a large margin. It is best to think of the "0-19" number as including young children but mostly being older adolescents.
Be cautious comparing jurisdictions like states or countries; there are huge differences in culture, methods available, ethnicity, poverty, and other variables. It's even been shown that religious coroners are less likely to adjudicate findings of suicide than non-religious coroners!
Female: In 2025, the rate was 2.45 per 100,000 per year. The fitted trend has been rising 14.5% a year since 2014 (95% CI +11.5% to +17.6%); across 2008–2025 the model finds one change of direction. Male: In 2025, the rate was 2.64 per 100,000 per year. The fitted trend has been rising 5.1% a year since 2008 (95% CI +3.5% to +6.6%); across 2008–2025 the model finds no change of direction.
Method of Suicide (pooled 2016-2025)
Share of suicide deaths, ages 0–19, 2016–2025, with counts at the right. Groups are in a fixed order, not ranked, so the chart does not reshuffle itself between sexes.
| Method group | Deaths 2016–2025 | Share | Share 2008–2015 | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falling from a height | 423 | 51.7% | 33.4% | 58.6% | 45.4% |
| Hanging and suffocation | 207 | 25.3% | 26.0% | 20.2% | 30.0% |
| Poisoning by gases and vapours | 98 | 12.0% | 28.0% | 8.4% | 15.2% |
| Poisoning by solid or liquid substances | 41 | 5.0% | 3.1% | 7.7% | 2.6% |
| Other and unspecified | 49 | 6.0% | 9.4% | 5.1% | 6.8% |
By method, over time:
Solid lines and dots are the published shares, year by year. The dashed line is a fitted trend and the shaded band its 95% confidence interval — a binomial fit on the log odds, so it is weighted by how many deaths sit behind each year and cannot predict a share below 0% or above 100%. Shares within a year add to less than 100% because the smaller groups are not drawn. The solid lines break at 2012, the year no workbook was published; the fit spans it.
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In the US and Canada, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. The Trevor Project supports LGBTQ+ young people at 1-866-488-7386, or text START to 678-678.
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