Table 1 Survey hospital distribution and patients' demographical characteristics

N = 1638

(%)

N = 1527

(%)

N = 3165

(%)

Sex

   Male

707

43.2

774

50.7

1481

46.8

   Female

931

56.8

753

49.3

1684

53.2

Age

   age < = 20

243

15.1

138

9.3

381

12.3

   20 < age < = 35

517

32.1

421

28.5

938

30.4

   35 < age < = 50

426

26.4

361

24.5

787

25.5

   50 < age < = 65

256

15.9

282

19.1

538

17.4

   Age > 65

170

10.5

275

18.6

445

14.4

Marital status

   Unmarried

590

36.0

354

23.2

944

29.8

   Married or partners

966

59.0

1057

69.2

2023

63.9

   Divorced or disparate

30

1.8

38

2.5

68

2.2

   Windowed

52

3.2

78

5.1

130

4.1

Educational background

   Illiterate

138

8.4

187

12.3

325

10.3

   Less than primary school

293

17.9

269

17.6

562

17.7

   Junior high school

160

9.8

242

15.9

402

12.7

   Senior high school

449

27.4

471

30.8

920

29.1

   Higher than college level

598

36.5

358

23.4

956

30.2

Current health status

   Very healthy

206

12.6

187

12.3

393

12.4

   Healthy

650

39.7

509

33.3

1159

36.6

   Normal

575

35.1

493

32.3

1068

33.8

   Unhealthy

185

11.3

278

18.2

463

14.6

   Extremely unhealthy

22

1.3

60

3.9

82

2.6

Purchase commercial life insurance

   Yes

1074

65.6

912

59.7

1986

62.7

   No

564

34.4

615

40.3

1179

37.3

Employment

   No

828

50.6

846

55.4

1674

52.9

   Yes

810

49.4

681

44.6

1491

47.1

Family annual regular income

   Less than NT$20,000

153

9.3

190

12.4

343

10.8

   NT$20,000~NT$29,999

138

8.4

160

10.5

298

9.4

   NT$30,000~NT$49,999

320

19.6

297

19.4

617

19.5

   NT$50,000~NT$69,999

271

16.6

271

17.8

542

17.1

   NT$70,000~NT$99,999

208

12.7

145

9.5

353

11.2

   More than NT$100,000

177

10.8

153

10.0

330

10.4

   Unknown

248

15.1

209

13.7

457

14.5

   Not answered

123

7.5

102

6.7

225

7.1

Family monthly self-paid premiums

   Less than NT$500

62

3.8

68

4.4

130

4.1

   NT$500~NT$999

111

6.8

114

7.5

225

7.1

   NT$1,000~NT$1,499

178

10.9

168

11.0

346

10.9

   NT$1,500~NT$1,999

164

10.0

132

8.6

296

9.4

   NT$2,000~NT$2,999

243

14.8

241

15.8

484

15.3

   NT$3,000~NT$3,999

147

9.0

139

9.1

286

9.0

   NT$4,000~NT$4,999

44

2.7

76

5.0

120

3.8

   More than NT$5,000

91

5.5

89

5.8

180

5.7

   Unknown

578

35.3

476

31.2

1054

33.3

   Not answered

20

1.2

24

1.6

44

1.4