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	Fiscal Year	Pension benefits	Medical care benefits	Welfare service benefits	Subsidies for elderly employees	Total			(A) Total Social Security Expenditure		
							Annual rate of increase	% of total (A)		Annual rate of increase	
		hundreds of millions of yen	hundreds of millions of yen	hundreds of millions of yen	hundreds of millions of yen	hundreds of millions of yen	%	%	hundreds of millions of yen	%	
	1973	"10,756 "	"4,289 "	596 	?	"15,641 "	?	25.0 	"62,587 "	?	
	1974	"19,204 "	"6,652 "	877 	?	"26,733 "	70.9 	29.6 	"90,270 "	44.2 	
	1975	"28,924 "	"8,666 "	"1,164 "	?	"38,754 "	45.0 	32.9 	"117,693 "	30.4 	
	1976	"40,697 "	"10,780 "	"1,489 "	?	"52,966 "	36.7 	36.5 	"145,165 "	23.3 	
	1977	"50,942 "	"12,872 "	"1,798 "	?	"65,612 "	23.9 	38.9 	"168,868 "	16.3 	
	1978	"61,329 "	"15,948 "	"2,060 "	?	"79,337 "	20.9 	40.1 	"197,763 "	17.1 	
	1979	"70,896 "	"18,503 "	"2,306 "	?	"91,705 "	15.6 	41.7 	"219,832 "	11.2 	
	1980	"83,675 "	"21,269 "	"2,570 "	?	"107,514 "	17.2 	43.4 	"247,736 "	12.7 	
	1981	"97,903 "	"24,280 "	"2,822 "	?	"125,005 "	16.3 	45.4 	"275,638 "	11.3 	
	1982	"109,552 "	"27,450 "	"3,129 "	?	"140,131 "	12.1 	46.6 	"300,973 "	9.2 	
	1983	"120,122 "	"32,660 "	"3,306 "	?	"156,088 "	11.4 	48.8 	"319,733 "	6.2 	
	1984	"130,497 "	"35,534 "	"3,467 "	?	"169,498 "	8.6 	50.4 	"336,396 "	5.2 	
	1985	"144,549 "	"40,070 "	"3,668 "	?	"188,287 "	11.1 	52.8 	"356,798 "	6.1 	
	1986	"163,140 "	"43,584 "	"4,316 "	?	"211,040 "	12.1 	54.7 	"385,918 "	8.2 	
	1987	"175,081 "	"46,638 "	"4,278 "	?	"225,997 "	7.1 	55.5 	"407,337 "	5.6 	
	1988	"185,889 "	"49,824 "	"4,569 "	?	"240,282 "	6.3 	56.6 	"424,582 "	4.2 	
	1989	"201,126 "	"53,730 "	"5,106 "	?	"259,962 "	8.2 	57.9 	"448,822 "	5.7 	
	1990	"216,182 "	"57,331 "	"5,749 "	?	"279,262 "	7.4 	59.1 	"472,203 "	5.2 	
	1991	"231,909 "	"61,976 "	"6,552 "	?	"300,437 "	7.6 	59.9 	"501,346 "	6.2 	
	1992	"249,728 "	"66,685 "	"7,456 "	?	"323,869 "	7.8 	60.2 	"538,280 "	7.4 	
	1993	"266,199 "	"71,394 "	"8,171 "	?	"345,764 "	6.8 	60.9 	"567,975 "	5.5 	
	1994	"286,248 "	"77,804 "	"9,066 "	?	"373,118 "	7.9 	61.7 	"604,656 "	6.5 	
	1995	"311,565 "	"84,525 "	"10,902 "	117 	"407,109 "	9.1 	62.9 	"647,263 "	7.0 	
	1996	"326,713 "	"92,166 "	"11,537 "	369 	"430,785 "	5.8 	63.8 	"675,423 "	4.4