Table 6 Social Security Expenditure by institutional scheme, fiscal years 1988-1997

(Unit: hundreds of thousands of yen)
Fiscal Year			1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Expenditure (millions of yen)
Total		42,458,224	44,882,193	47,220,330	50,134,609	53,828,001	56,797,461	60,472,707	64,731,417	67,547,515	69,418,725
Medical insurance	10,625,132	11,057,149	11,554,230	12,208,723	13,178,492	13,620,288	14,122,562	14,630,375	15,033,435	14,664,947
Health and Medical Services for the Aged	5,057,697	5,457,648	5,827,668	6,302,277	6,791,681	7,271,074	7,909,603	8,582,796	9,304,173	9,777,650
Pension benefits	18,588,869	20,112,556	21,618,196	23,190,944	24,972,832	26,619,876	28,624,789	31,156,538	32,671,304	34,169,859
Employment insurance etc.	1,299,429	1,298,348	1,166,993	1,177,206	1,355,230	1,628,296	1,904,201	2,207,155	2,209,495	2,313,828
Workmen's accident compensation insurance	903,453	912,410	927,421	950,954	973,191	993,455	1,000,132	1,021,920	1,032,019	1,057,120
Family allowance	449,985	446,506	444,936	443,921	526,733	507,158	492,821	511,187	520,129	530,420
Public assistance	1,367,435	1,345,671	1,292,778	1,282,656	1,300,998	1,337,804	1,383,898	1,484,894	1,502,467	1,606,257
Social welfare	1,422,690	1,539,401	1,670,592	1,844,340	1,978,963	2,143,729	2,431,341	2,603,244	2,832,488	2,915,792
Public health	594,340	613,680	643,619	681,330	706,624	659,052	620,350	606,661	591,010	560,325
Gratuities for retired public employees	1,899,800	1,865,088	1,849,026	1,835,660	1,830,506	1,809,488	1,771,104	1,720,624	1,659,031	1,599,757
Aid for war victims	249,394	233,736	224,870	216,598	212,751	207,242	211,908	206,023	191,963	222,770
Ratio to the total (%)
Total		100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0
Medical insurance	25.0 	24.6 	24.5 	24.4 	24.5 	24.0 	23.4 	22.6 	22.3 	21.1
Health and Medical Services for the Aged	11.9 	12.2 	12.3 	12.6 	12.6 	12.8 	13.1 	13.3 	13.8 	14.1
Pension benefits	43.8 	44.8 	45.8 	46.3 	46.4 	46.9 	47.3 	48.1 	48.4 	49.2
Employment insurance etc.	3.1 	2.9 	2.5 	2.3 	2.5 	2.9 	3.1 	3.4 	3.3 	3.3
Workmen's accident compensation insurance	2.1 	2.0 	2.0 	1.9 	1.8 	1.7 	1.7 	1.6 	1.5 	1.5
Family allowance	1.1 	1.0 	0.9 	0.9 	1.0 	0.9 	0.8 	0.8 	0.8 	0.8
Public assistance	3.2 	3.0 	2.7 	2.6 	2.4 	2.4 	2.3 	2.3 	2.2 	2.3
Social welfare	3.4 	3.4 	3.5 	3.7 	3.7 	3.8 	4.0 	4.0 	4.2 	4.2
Public health	1.4 	1.4 	1.4 	1.4 	1.3 	1.2 	1.0 	0.9 	0.9 	0.8
Gratuities for retired public employees	4.5 	4.2 	3.9 	3.7 	3.4 	3.2 	2.9 	2.7 	2.5 	2.3
Aid for war victims	0.6 	0.5 	0.5 	0.4 	0.4 	0.4 	0.4 	0.3 	0.3 	0.3