Social
by Amanda Whitaker
1. Crime
1.1. Drug trafficking
1.1.1. Risk causing instability within the nation
2. Domestic conflicts
2.1. Separatist violence in Malay-Muslim southern provinces prompt border closures and controls with Malaysia to stem insurgent activities
2.1.1. 2004-military attacked Muslim demonstrators and took the men to a detention camp-78 people died
3. Healthcare
3.1. Expenditures: 4.3% of GDP
4. Prevalent Diseases
4.1. HIV/AIDS, bacterial diarrhea, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, rabies, leptospirosis, H5N1 avian influenza
5. Culture
5.1. Religions
5.1.1. Theravada Buddhism: 94.6% ,
5.1.2. Islam: 4.6%
5.1.3. Christianity: 0.7%
5.1.4. Other: 0.1%
5.2. Languages: Thai, English, ethnic and regional dialects
5.3. Ethnicities:
5.3.1. Thai: 75%
5.3.2. Chinese: 14%
5.3.3. Other: 11%
6. Population demographics
6.1. Population: 67,091,089 as of July 2012
6.2. Age structure
6.2.1. 0-14 years: 19.5%
6.2.2. 15-24 years: 15.1%
6.2.3. 25-54 years: 45.9%
6.2.4. 55-64 years: 10.1%
6.2.5. 65 years and over: 9.5%
6.3. Labor force: 39.77 million
6.4. Refugees mainly in south
6.5. Mortality rates
6.5.1. Overall: 7.38 deaths/1,000 population
6.5.2. Infant: 15.9 deaths/1,000 live births
6.5.3. Maternal: 48 deaths/100,000 live births