Table 5 Social Security Expenditure for the elderly, fiscal years 1973-97

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	604,727	6.5
1995	311,565	84,525	10,902	117	407,109	9.1	62.9	647,314	7.0
1996	326,713	92,166	11,537	369	430,785	5.8	63.8	675,475	4.4
1997	341,699	96,392	12,743	567	451,401	4.8	65.0	694,187	2.8