本文是死因統計準確度評估系列研究的第一報，首先針對臺灣死因統計的可能錯誤來源作一概念架構的建立與釐清；第二部份介紹死因統計準確度評估的常用方法；最後再建議未來臺灣地區死因統計準確度評估研究的方向與重點。

　　　　　This is the first report of cause-of-deathstatistics validity evaluation series. The first part of this report proposed aframework for conceptualizing the possible soures of errors. The second partreviewed evaluation methods, discussing their strengths and limitations In thefinal part we proposed several directions and focal points for evaluating thevaliding of cause-of-death statistics in Taiwan.