Table 1 Descriptive information for Yunlin and Yilan counties from 1996 to 2007

Area (km²)^a

1290.835

2143.625

Year

1996–1998

1999–2002

2002–2004

2005–2007

1996–1998

1999–2002

2002–2004

2005–2007

Population (person)^a

752,427

746,241

742,797

725,672

465,120

465,004

464,107

460,398

Number of large manufacturing^b

35

42

48

42

22

21

25

22

Agricultural land (Hectare)^c

112,870

112,364

111,992

112,550

58,265

158,641

164,438

200,826

Number of doctors (/1000 people)^a

0.66

0.71

0.76

0.92

0.86

1.00

1.12

1.19

Number of hospital (/1000 people)^a

0.031

0.032

0.029

0.026

0.030

0.032

0.026

0.026

Life expectancy at birth

74.05

74.88

75.51

76.16

74.84

75.8

76.88

77.65

Life expectancy at 5 years old

69.74

70.52

71.12

71.69

70.62

71.51

72.59

73.31

Life expectancy at 65 years old

15.98

16.63

17.17

17.78

16.59

17.05

17.94

18.64

Mortality rate (/10000)

671.41

611.04

681.14

751.94

698.77

684.57

695.4

744.42