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Figure3 Social Security Expenditure by revenue, scheme, category, function and target individuals, fiscal year 2008

Notes:

1.

“Child, family” refers to medical insurance in the form of a lump sum maternity allowance and child-rearing allowance, employment insurance in the form of parental leave allowance, day-care facilities administration costs and single parent family and disabled child allowance.

2.

“Health and medical care for the aged” by scheme and “Medical care” by target individuals include medical care benefits paid under both the new medical care system for latter-stage elderly after April 2008 and the past system until March 2008 .

3.

Fiscal year 2008 Social Security Revenue amounted to 101.5 trillion yen (excluding transfer from other systems). The figure in square brackets [ ] represents the ratio of the Social Security Revenue total.

4.

Fiscal year 2008 Social Security Expenditure amounted to 94.1 trillion yen. The figure in parentheses ( ) represents the ratio of the Social Security Expenditure total.

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Notes:	1.	“Child, family” refers to medical insurance in the form of a lump sum maternity allowance and child-rearing allowance, employment insurance in the form of parental leave allowance, day-care facilities administration costs and single parent family and disabled child allowance.
	2.	“Health and medical care for the aged” by scheme and “Medical care” by target individuals include medical care benefits paid under both the new medical care system for latter-stage elderly after April 2008 and the past system until March 2008 .
	3.	Fiscal year 2008 Social Security Revenue amounted to 101.5 trillion yen (excluding transfer from other systems). The figure in square brackets [ ] represents the ratio of the Social Security Revenue total.
	4.	Fiscal year 2008 Social Security Expenditure amounted to 94.1 trillion yen. The figure in parentheses ( ) represents the ratio of the Social Security Expenditure total.