Thai people are living longer

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By Editor

 
There has been an increase in the longevity of Thai people over the past three decades, with men living six and a half years longer and women eight years more than in the 1980s, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).

 

The latest census in 2018 showed that on average Thai men live to 72.2 years, compared to 65.6 in the 1980s, while Thai women on average live to 78.9 years, compared to 70.9 in the 1980s, the NESDC said.  The average period of good health is 68 years for Thai men and 74 years for Thai women.

 

The main reasons for the loss of good health among Thais include road accidents, HIV and diabetes in younger people, and stroke, dementia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in older people, the NESDC said.

 

Between 2016 and 2019, deaths resulting from road accidents ranged from 23.8 to 30.2 per 100,000 population.  Non-communicable diseases caused about 320,000 deaths per year, or more than 75% of the population. Five diseases – cancer, stroke, heart attack, diabetes, and high blood pressure – caused about 75,000 deaths per year.

 

Deaths from HIV, the virus that causes Aids, also increased from 12,863 in 2016 to 14,731 in 2017, or 22.5 per 100,000 population. Meanwhile, drowning was the main cause of premature deaths of Thai children aged below 15, according to Public Health Ministry records.

 

Source: https://royalcoastreview.com/2023/02/thai-people-are-living-longer/

 

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[KhunLA]

I was going to reply 'as with most nationalities' ... then thought, better check first.

 

Surprisingly, to me anyway, quite the opposite, for countries that can afford to eat krap food ????

 

https://www.mpg.de/17790299/1102-defo-life-expectancy-decreased-in-most-high-income-countries-154642-x

[brucegoniners]

It must be the great air quality here.

[KannikaP]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Non-communicable diseases caused about 320,000 deaths per year, or more than 75% of the population

Huuuh?

[bfc1980]

Only those that don't drive cars or ride motorcycles. 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, brucegoniners said:

It must be the great air quality here.

Along with the healthy diet.

[PETERTHEEATER]

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Huuuh?

Just accept the statistic and get out there and fertilise as many females in the population as possible to help offset the trend. 

[mommysboy]

68 years of good health for men! If true, that's probably better than most other countries. People live longer in the west, but the last 10-15 years aint pretty imo.

[KhunLA]

9 hours ago, mommysboy said:

68 years of good health for men! If true, that's probably better than most other countries. People live longer in the west, but the last 10-15 years aint pretty imo.

That got me thinking ... it happens some times.

Here's a couple charts, by continent, and all about the same, unless from Africa.

 

2nd one more interesting, and 'life expectancy by year of birth, though only goes back to 1960.  And you can actually compare countries.

 

If comparing, easier to read by bar or map.

 

By Continent, born 2022:

By birth year:

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN

 

Edited February 11, 2023 by KhunLA

[phetphet]

Also getting taller....and fatter.

[stoner]

i wanna scratch my eyes out now when i hear thai people. its thai thats it.

 

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[talahtnut]

The English are getting thicker.

Americans are getting fatter.

Germans have been stuffed by Biden.

The West is not looking good is it?

[Pedrogaz]

Years more spent using up oxygen, eating, driving cars and mopeds and then dying after having done more than their predecessors to destroy the earth and its environment. Humans really are greedy and revolting predators that live too long.