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AIDS Leading Cause of Death in ThailandSeptember 4, 2001 AIDS is the leading cause of death in Thailand, not heart attacks or accidents as previously thought, health officials said Friday. AIDS and its related complications accounted for 16 percent of all deaths in 1998, said Dr. Chanpen Chuprapawan of the Health Ministry, after examining 20,000 deaths in six provinces. Accidents, high blood pressure and cancer were other main causes of death. AIDS "might have been the No. 1 killer for years, but we had been unaware because of a wrong system of recording data," she said. Since the beginning of the epidemic, nearly 1 million people in Thailand have been infected with HIV. Of them, 300,000 have died. Back to other CDC news for September 4, 2001 Associated Press 08.31.01;Busaba Sivasomboon  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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