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4.Problems concerning unsafe environment

The Thai people today are severely threatened by pollution both in their daily living and working environments which have become hazardous to health.
-    Traffic accidents now rank first among the leading causes of death of the Thai people, with a rapid increase from the rate of 12.4 per 100,000 population in 1989 to 31.5 [...]

1. Problems concerning accessibility to essential health services

Despite the considerable increase in coverage of health service centre’s and a more favorable ratio of health personnel to total population, problems of accessibility to health care services still exist in the from of :

- Long waiting time when seeking services from government hospitals which are always overcrowded ;
- high cost of health [...]