The British government has released comprehensive data on the number of UK nationals who have died in Thailand from 2014 to 2016.
In response to a Freedom of Information request, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has released information about about the numbers of British citizens who have died in Thailand 2014 – 2016, broken down by age and circumstances of death.
The figures below are for all those British nationals where the FCO has been made aware of the death, the report says.
The data is split into five age categories: 0 – 15 years, 16 – 30 years, 31 – 50 years; 50+ years; Unknown.
It lists a range of different causes of death such as, Accidental, Drowning, Hospital Death, Murder or Manslaughter and Suicide.
The figures show a considerable increase in the number of of British nationals in the 50+ age group who have died in Thailand.
According to the data, in 2014 263 Brits aged 50+ died in Thailand, with the biggest cause of death recorded as ‘Natural Death’.
In 2015, the number of deaths jumped to 281.
However, in 2016, 378 Brits aged 50+ died in Thailand, with the most common cause of death recorded as ‘unknown’ (142).
This recent data confirms previously released stats that an average of more than one Brit per day dies in Thailand each year.
The figures are as follows:-
Age:- 0-15: 2014 2015 2016
Natural Death 1 1 1
Death Unknown 0 1 0
Age:- 16-30: 2014 2015 2016
Accidental Death 4 2 1
Drowning 0 0 1
Death In Hospital 0 0 1
Missing 0 0 1
Murder or Manslaughter 2 0 0
Natural Death 1 3 0
Road Traffic Accident 2 2 2
Suicide 3 1 0
Death Unknown 7 4 6
Age 31-50:- 2014 2015 2016
Accidental Death 5 7 3
Missing 0 0 3
Natural Death 9 9 4
Road Traffic Accident 7 4 2
Suicide 2 5 2
Death Unknown 16 12 15
Death In Custody 0 0 1
Age 51+ 2014 2015 2016
Accidental Death 4 2 6
Drowning 0 0 1
Death in Hospital 0 0 60
Missing 0 0 14
Murder and Manslaughter 0 1 0
Natural Death 185 185 135
Road Traffic Accident 5 6 4
Suicide 6 4 9
Death Unknown 68 83 142
Death in Custody 0 0 2
Age Unknown:- 2014 2015 2016
Accidental Death 1 2 2
Death in Hospital 0 0 5
Missing 0 0 4
Murder and Manslaughter 0 0 1
Natural Death 9 15 11
Road Traffic Accident 1 3 0
Death Unknown 11 3 6
Apart from being generally depressing, the one stat that jumps out at you is, it appears to have become not a good idea to go into hospital now !!!
(Source:- Gov.UK)