IV. Statistical tables (Table 5)


Table 5 Social Security Expenditure for the elderly, fiscal years 1973-2008
Table5 Social Security Expenditure for the elderly, fiscal years 1973-2008
Note:
The medical care expenditure in fiscal years 1973-2007 consists of medical care benefits from the medical care system for the aged. Following the enforcement of the new medical care system for latter-stage elderly in April 2008, the medical care expenditure in fiscal year 2008 consists of medical care benefits paid under both the new system from April 2008 and the past system until March 2008.

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