Cancer kills more than 60,000 people in Thailand each year, or 15 percent of all deaths in the country, according to the Public Health Ministry.
Tomorrow is the World Health Organization’s World Cancer Day and cancer deaths seem to be on the rise, with the WHO expecting more than 13 million to die annually within the next 16 years.
In Thailand, cancer has been the No. 1 cause of death for 13 years. Statistics show that over 61,000 Thais are killed by the disease annually, accounting for 15 percent of all deaths. The number of cancer patients rise by 3,000 every year in Thailand, according to Narong Sahametapat of the Public Health Ministry. The number of cancer patients rise by 3,000 every year in Thailand, NNT reported.
