Non-communicable diseases – no.1 killer of working age Thais

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Non-communicable diseases – no.1 killer of working age Thais

BANGKOK, 25 March 2015 (NNT) - Chronic diseases that are causing highest morbidity and mortality rate among Thais are Ischemic heart disease, ischemic stroke and diabetes, according to 2003-2013 Statistical Report of the Ministry of Public Health.

Dr.Sopon Mekthon, Director-General of the Department of Disease Control revealed during his presiding over of the opening ceremony of the “Workshop on Development and Support for the Networking of fights against Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries” today, that according to Report on Diseases and Injuries of Thai People in 2009, Thais aged 15 to 59 suffered death mostly from non-communicable diseases, injuries and infectious diseases.

Jobs and environment are the main risk factors with an average of 4,378 patients a year. Most reported patients suffer from bone and muscular diseases at 45%, as written in the Data on Jobs and Environment Diseases Monitoring in 2003-2009 issued by Thailand’s Bureau of Epidemiology

Sopon added that currently the Ministry of Public Health offers health service to 15-59 year-old Thais in accordance with three measures; Health Promotion and Risk and Modality Reduction, Patients Searching and Quality of Life Improvement, and District Health System Establishment.

The service is carried out in cooperation with regional units under the Disease Monitoring, Follow-up and Evaluation System.

The important measures are to raise the quality of clinical service and disease curing processes, as well as to reduce people’s behavior that could lead to an emerging disease factor.

-- NNT 2015-03-25

[bangon04]

"Jobs and environment are the main risk factors with an average of 4,378 patients a year"

or just ride a motorbike drunk with no helmet.......probably more fun.

[empireboy]

The fix? - It's all about education!

[madmitch]

Thais aged 15 to 59 suffered death mostly from non-communicable diseases, injuries and infectious diseases.

That doesn't leave much else, does it?

[Bluespunk]

Thais aged 15 to 59 suffered death mostly from non-communicable diseases, injuries and infectious diseases.

That doesn't leave much else, does it?

Brilliant. Very funny.

[Strangebrew]

Study also shows biggest cause of death dying it's self.

[Godders]

Be interesting to know the percentage of Thai men who die from liver and lung diseases associated with heaving drinking and smoking. Or is this just another "occupational" hazard?

[Commerce]

I do know of one of the biggest killers, and it's killed 7 members of my Thai side family, including 2 under 40, in the last 5 years. It is also VERY WELL HIDDEN.

Leptospirosis!

The figures offered by the Thai GMC are well dislodged (should I say deliberately muddled?).

Here's 1 article about 2 Spanish holiday makers: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20675

The figures in Thailand are horrendous, but as I said - very well hidden. I did a lot of googling when my wife's sister died last year aged 38, and it was confirmed that it was leptospirosis. The official reports and figures offer under a few hundred a year. I suspect it's in the many thousands. If 2 Spaniards can get such on holiday, and who knows how many more have ailed to it from different countries......... the figures, the real ones, must be morbid!

Edit: By the way, if caught early it's fairly simple to contain. If left for months..... major probs, infected orgains - eventual metastasis, and the outlook is very dim! So beware of the symptoms, cos Thais don't look for or know them - in general.

[Emster23]

"reduce people’s behavior that could lead to an emerging disease factor." Maybe they should also increase certain folks behaviors, like those who should be enforcing traffic laws, some sort of building and wiring standards, dangerous workplaces, inspection of public transport vehicles and operators. All with some teeth to enforce compliance.

[Acharn]

Study also shows biggest cause of death dying it's self.

Naw, it's heart failure. When you die your heart stops beating. When your heart stops beating you die. Sometimes they are a little careless deciding cause or effect.

[Acharn]

"reduce people’s behavior that could lead to an emerging disease factor." Maybe they should also increase certain folks behaviors, like those who should be enforcing traffic laws, some sort of building and wiring standards, dangerous workplaces, inspection of public transport vehicles and operators. All with some teeth to enforce compliance.

Well, aside from that they really don't know what causes most of these things. Diabetes, for example. They insist some behaviors increase the risk of developing the disease, but they don't know what the connection is. They also don't really know how to prevent the risk factors. For example, they really don't know why people are suddenly so much more likely to be fat. Various reasons have been put forward, but nothing has yet been proven. They used to say people should not drink coffee. Now they're saying three or four cups of coffee a day are a good thing.

[Daniel Ingalls]

What?.................Infectious diseases is a commutable disease. Such as the sexual transmitted diseases, HIV and Herpes, Type I and II. Then there is Hepatitis. In fact in the tropics there are so many variations of diseases through out the world, and Thailand is smack in the middle. Malaria is still a problem in Thailand, and the Dungy fever is becoming a problem...........The No. 1 killer of a working age Thai, is not a disease at all, it's stupidity. The leading cause of death in Thailand of workers is going and coming home from work on a scooter, or motor bike. over 30,000 are killed each year. Most from not wearing a helmet!

[tifino]

Bangkok folk eat too much rich food, get fat, and die before they're 60...

[maidee]

with each doctor visit, for whatever reason : antibiotics

people eating too much sugar

vegetables sprayed with poison

gmo foods

animals fed death carcasses of other animals + corn or other food they would never eat normally + antibiotics ...

lack of hygiene, personal or in food