KANCHANABURI HDSS, THAILAND

Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand

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Brief Introduction to Kanchanaburi HDSS

Kanchanaburi province is located in the Western Central region of Thailand. It is about 129 kilometers west of Bangkok Metropolis, the capital city. Kanchanaburi is Thailand's third largest province, covering an area of 19,486 square kilometers. The HDSS area consists of 100 villages/enumeration districts scattered throughout Kanchanaburi province. The field research centre is located at the new MahidolUniversity campus in Saiyok district of Kanchanaburi.

Objectives

  • Monitoring population change.
  • Evaluating the effects of intervention based research.
  • Studying health consequences of population change

Priority Research Areas

  • Demographic, health, social and economic database of field station population.
  • Adolescent reproductive health outcomes.
  • Migrants and health.
  • Population and environment
  • Elderly care
  • Vital registration.

Completed Key Projects

Project Name / Funder / Grant Period
1. Deploying the Indepth Health Equity Tool in
Kanchanaburi / INDEPTH NETWORK / 2004-2005
22. Research for Policy Action : Adolescents and
Migration in Thailand / The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation / 2002-2004
33. Development of Verbal Autopsy as a Tool to
Identify Causes of Death in Kanchanaburi / The Wellcome Trust / 2004-2005
44. Study of Validity of Reporting Health-Related
Events, in the MCH Module of the Kanchanaburi / The Wellcome Trust / 2004-2005
55. Health Consequences of Smoking: A Baseline
Survey in KanchanaburiProvince / Hewlett Foundation / 2005
66. Migrants and non-migrants in Kanchanaburi:
Analyses at Household and Individual levels / World Bank /
2005
77. A Study on Muslim Population in Kanchanaburi:
Migration Behaviors, Patterns, and Consequences / Thai government /
2005-2006

Ongoing Key Projects

Project Name / Funder / Grant Period
1. Non-communicable Disease (NCD) Risk
Factors in Asia : A Collaborative Study Among
Indepth Network Sites
/ INDEPTH NETWORK / 2004-2005
2. Migration and Health in Kanchanaburi / National Institute of Health (NIH) / 2005-2009
3. Participatory Assessing the Integrated Health
Interventions for People Living on the
Thai/Myanmar Border / Rockefeller Foundation / 2005-2008
4. Social and Health Support of the Elderly Left
Behind in Kanchanaburi HDSS / The Wellcome Trust / 2006-2008
5. The Impact of Migration on the Nutritional
Status of Children Left Behind / The Wellcome Trust / 2006
6. Dynamic Interface between Demographic
Transition and Livelihood Diversification in
Kanchanaburi HDSS / The Wellcome Trust / 2006-2007
7. Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation – South
East Asia [Thailand] / The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia / 2004-2009
8. Turning HDSS Data into a Multi-case Study: An
Analysis of Family Dynamics, Ways of Life
and Malaria Infection Among Karen
Population in Kanchanaburi / The Wellcome Trust / 2006-2008

Planned Projects

Project Name / Funder
1. Analyses on Social Mobility' s Outcomes in Kanchanaburi / World Bank
2. Impacts of Rural-to-Urban Migration Upon AIDS-Related
Behaviors and Attitudes Among Young Adults in Thailand / NIH, USA
3. Vulnerability to Eating disorders of Thai Adolescent Females. / Wellcome Trust

Human Resource at the site

CATEGORIES / NUMBER
Research Scientists / 8
Statisticians / Bio-Statisticians / 1
Field Supervisors / 6
Database and ICT / 3
Field Workers / 20-50 (temp.)
Administrative staff / 3
Social Scientists / 8
GIS Specialist / 1

Funders

  • Wellcome Trust
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • National Institute of Health (NIH)
  • INDEPTH Network

Collaborators

  • KingsCollege, Institute of Psychatic, U.K
  • TulaneUniversity, Public Health Department, USA
  • INDEPTH NETWORK in ASIA (India, Indonesia and Vietnam)
  • Pattanarak Foundation, Thailand

KEY PUBLICATIONS

  1. Jampaklay, Aree. Parental Absence and Children’s School Enrolment: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Asian Population Studies, forthcoming
  2. Prasartkul, Pramote and Patama Vapattanawong. The Completeness of Death Registration in Thailand : Evidence from Demographic Surveillance System of the Kanchanaburi Project. World Health and Population, forthcoming.
  3. Saifi, Rumana A. John Bryant and Philip Guest.2006.The Effect of Migration on Health. Journal of Population and Social Studies, Vol.15 No.1.
  4. Panee Vong-ek, Pram Inporm and Thirapong Santiphop. 2006. A Survey of Pregnancy, Birth, and Early Life in Kanchanaburi Project. Institute for Population and Social Research, MahidolUniversity.
  5. Sirirassame, Buppha, Chanya Sethaput and Pariya Ganroj. 2006. Health Consequences of Smoking : A Baseline Survey in Tha Muang District, KanchanaburiProvince. Institute for Population and Social Research, MahidolUniversity.
  6. Zhang Liying, Wassana Im-Em, Sureeporn Punpuing, Bencha Yoddumnern-Attig and Philip Guest. 2005. Social Capital and Heart Disease in Thailand. Journal of Population and Social Studies, Vol.14 No.1

Minimum Datasets

Mortality
Person Years / Deaths / Basic vital statistics
Age / Both sexes / Male / Female / Both sexes / Male / Female / Rates / Unit
<1 / 856 / 440 / 416 / 1 / 1 / 0 / Crude birth rate / 1.3981 / %
1-4 / 2980 / 1528 / 1452 / 11 / 11 / 0 / Total fertility rate / 2.08
5-9 / 4537 / 2316 / 2221 / 8 / 8 / 0 / Crude death rate / 0.733992 / %
10-14 / 4418 / 2223 / 2195 / 6 / 3 / 3 / Neonatal mortality rate / --
15-19 / 2803 / 1360 / 1443 / 6 / 6 / 0 / Post neonatal mortality rate / --
20-24 / 2304 / 1085 / 1219 / 6 / 5 / 1 / Infant mortality / 1.666667 / per 1000
25-29 / 2917 / 1319 / 1598 / 10 / 5 / 5 / Child mortality rate(1-4) / 18.33333 / per 1000
30-34 / 3401 / 1573 / 1828 / 13 / 9 / 4 / Underfive mortality / 20 / per 1000
35-39 / 3497 / 1577 / 1920 / 18 / 12 / 6 / Crude rate of natural increase / 0.664088 / %
40-44 / 3427 / 1588 / 1839 / 7 / 4 / 3 / In-migration rate / 10.98658 / %
45-49 / 2999 / 1378 / 1621 / 13 / 8 / 5 / Outmigration rate / 7.2677 / %
50-54 / 2435 / 1133 / 1302 / 23 / 12 / 11 / Growth rate / 4.3830 / %
55-59 / 1707 / 765 / 942 / 21 / 12 / 9
60-64 / 1479 / 706 / 773 / 20 / 10 / 10
65-69 / 1190 / 542 / 648 / 35 / 23 / 12
70-74 / 926 / 426 / 500 / 25 / 11 / 14
75-79 / 562 / 247 / 315 / 29 / 18 / 11
80-84 / 276 / 96 / 180 / 28 / 14 / 14
85+ / 202 / 81 / 121 / 35 / 16 / 19
Age group
Cause / <1 / 1-4 / 5-14 / 15-44 / 45-64 / 65-84 / 85+
Sickness/illness by infect disease / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 16 / 19 / 0
Sickness/illness by non-infect disease / 1 / 9 / 7 / 20 / 54 / 52 / 9
Accident / 0 / 2 / 7 / 18 / 3 / 7 / 1
Homicide / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0
Suicide / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0
Senility / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36 / 25
Unexplained/Unexpected Death Syndromes / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 0
Unknown ( Can not answer by interviewees ) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 0

Cause of Death by broad age group

Fertility
Age / Women / Births (both) / Male / Female
15-19 / 163 / 169 / 92 / 77
20-24 / 614 / 830 / 417 / 413
25-29 / 1106 / 1915 / 966 / 949
30-34 / 1432 / 3059 / 1564 / 1495
35-39 / 1614 / 3965 / 1978 / 1987
40-44 / 1578 / 4350 / 2259 / 2091
45-49 / 1434 / 4522 / 2305 / 2217

Site Leaders Name and Contact Details

Dr Sureeporn Punpuing