Where Britons Needed Most Consular Assistance 2006-7

[Rimmer]

Very interesting article and table on BBC Web Site today about Britons abroad and the countries where they are most at risk.

The article concentrates mostly on Spain but has an interesting table of comparable death rates, hospital admissions and consular assistance in various countries including Thailand.

The Foreign Office said many arrests abroad were due to "behaviour caused by excessive drinking".

Thailand had the highest proportion of injuries and deaths among Britons, according to the British Behaviour Abroad report.

Thailand was singled out as the country with proportionally the highest death rate and hospital cases among Britons.

Regret the table is too difficult to cut and paste here but the artical and table can be seen at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7553643.stm

[Boater]

also a slighlty different version posted here

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1547075.ece

[PoorSucker]

The Foreign Office said the country had one of the world's highest road traffic accident rates and that most of the hospital admissions were the result of motorbike accidents, particularly in the southern islands.

No big surprise there..

[PhilHarries]

The Foreign Office said many arrests abroad were due to "behaviour caused by excessive drinking".

Nor there.