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Health Statistics
Health statistics were obtained from Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control,
Bureau of Policy and Strategy, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health and the National
Statistical Office.
Good health condition of the population is one of the major factors for the country development.
The Eleventh National Economic and Social Development Plan (2012– 2016) emphasizes on promoting the
reduction of risk factors in health. Population will be promoted to have good condition in physical and mental,
including provision of knowledge and skills in health care for themselves, family and community. The policy
will support the people to have active participation in health policy formulation, in conjunction with the
development of health care service system and promotion of alternative medicines. The development of
health personnel, in terms of number, will be balanced and adequate to be mobilized throughout the country.
Monetary and fiscal measures for health care will be managed in efficient and sustainable manners.
Statistics on Public health resources; these statistics are related to number of hospitals, health
personnel and public health, classified by public sector and the private’s. In addition, statistics on ratio
between health resources and population were also presented.
Statistics on Smoking and Drinking Behavior: National Statistics Office firstly conducted
survey on Smoking Behavior in 1976 and survey on Drinking Behavior in 2001. Later, in 2004 these two
surveys were merged together under the survey titled “Smoking and Drinking Behavior.” The coverage of
this survey was members of private households located in municipal and non-municipal areas throughout
the country. Data collected were population’s behavior at risk to health status.
Cigarette: according to the Tobacco Act. B.E. 1966, it means such of finely tobacco-cut or another
similar substance is flavored whether or not mixed with any other ingredient of tobacco-dried or finely
tobacco-cut, wrapping or covering of which is made of paper or used any other substance rather than paper
or tobacco-dried or finely tobacco-cut.
Types of cigarette covered in this survey, were such as cigarette-packed in domestic,
cigarette-packed from aboard, roll-your-own cigarette not producing from the Monopoly Tobacco Office
and other cigarette such as cigars and pipes, and etc.