Table 1 Social Security Expenditure by category, fiscal years 1950-97 Social Security Expenditure National Income Fiscal Year Total (A) Medical Care (B) B/A Pension, Welfare & Others C/A (hundreds of millions of yen) (hundreds of millions of yen) （％） (hundreds of millions of yen) （％） (hundreds of millions of yen) 1950 1,261 646 51.2 615 48.8 ― 1951 1,571 804 51.1 768 48.9 44,346 1952 2,194 1,149 52.3 1,046 47.7 52,159 1953 2,577 1,480 57.5 1,096 42.5 60,015 1954 3,841 1,712 44.6 2,129 55.4 65,917 1955 3,893 1,919 49.3 1,974 50.7 69,733 1956 3,986 2,018 50.6 1,969 49.4 78,962 1957 4,357 2,224 51.0 2,133 49.0 88,681 1958 5,080 2,099 41.3 2,981 58.7 93,829 1959 5,778 2,523 43.7 3,255 56.3 110,421 1960 6,553 2,942 44.9 3,611 55.1 134,967 1961 7,900 3,850 48.7 4,050 51.3 160,819 1962 9,219 4,699 51.0 4,520 49.0 178,933 1963 11,214 5,885 52.5 5,329 47.5 210,993 Pension D/A Welfare & Others E/A (hundreds of millions of yen) （％） (hundreds of millions of yen) （％） 1964 13,475 7,328 54.4 3,056 22.7 3,091 22.9 240,514 1965 16,037 9,137 57.0 3,508 21.9 3,392 21.2 268,270 1966 18,670 10,766 57.7 4,199 22.5 3,705 19.8 316,448 1967 21,644 12,583 58.1 4,947 22.9 4,114 19.0 375,477 1968 25,096 14,679 58.5 5,835 23.3 4,582 18.3 437,209 1969 28,752 16,975 59.0 6,928 24.1 4,849 16.9 521,178 1970 35,239 20,758 58.9 8,548 24.3 5,933 16.8 610,297 1971 40,258 22,505 55.9 10,191 25.3 7,561 18.8 659,105 1972 49,845 28,111 56.4 12,367 24.8 9,367 18.8 779,369 1973 62,587 34,270 54.8 16,758 26.8 11,559 18.5 958,396 1974 90,270 47,208 52.3 26,781 29.7 16,280 18.0 1,124,716 1975 117,693 57,132 48.5 38,831 33.0 21,730 18.5 1,239,907 1976 145,165 68,098 46.9 53,414 36.8 23,652 16.3 1,403,972 1977 168,868 76,256 45.2 65,880 39.0 26,732 15.8 1,557,032 1978 197,763 89,167 45.1 78,377 39.6 30,219 15.3 1,717,785 1979 219,832 97,743 44.5 89,817 40.9 32,272 14.7 1,822,066 1980 247,736 107,329 43.3 104,525 42.2 35,882 14.5 1,995,902 1981 275,638 115,221 41.8 120,420 43.7 39,997 14.5 2,097,489 1982 300,973 124,118 41.2 133,405 44.3 43,451 14.4 2,193,917 1983 319,733 130,983 41.0 144,108 45.1 44,642 14.0 2,308,057 1984 336,396 135,654 40.3 154,527 45.9 46,216 13.7 2,436,089 1985 356,798 142,830 40.0 168,923 47.3 45,044 12.6 2,602,784 1986 385,918 151,489 39.3 187,620 48.6 46,809 12.1 2,711,297 1987 407,337 160,000 39.3 199,874 49.1 47,462 11.7 2,838,955 1988 424,582 166,726 39.3 210,459 49.6 47,397 11.2 3,013,800 1989 448,822 175,279 39.1 225,407 50.2 48,135 10.7 3,221,436 1990 472,203 183,795 38.9 240,420 50.9 47,989 10.2 3,457,391 1991 501,346 195,056 38.9 256,145 51.1 50,145 10.0 3,630,542 1992 538,280 209,395 38.9 274,013 50.9 54,872 10.2 3,690,881 1993 567,975 218,059 38.4 290,376 51.1 59,539 10.5 3,724,645 1994 604,727 228,726 37.8 310,084 51.3 65,918 10.9 3,737,722 1995 647,314 240,593 37.2 334,986 51.8 71,735 11.1 3,807,144 1996 675,475 251,789 37.3 349,548 51.7 74,139 11.0 3,909,927 1997 694,187 253,095 36.5 363,996 52.4 77,097 11.1 3,903,766