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Population Ageing and Government Health Expenditures in New Zealand, 1951-2051 - WP 04/14

Appendix 1 – Data on expenditure, distance to death, and disability in 2001

Appendix Table 1 – Health expenditure, distance from death, and disability by age and sex
  Annual per capita health expenditure   Percent of population in last year of life   Percent of population with disability
Age group Male Female   Male Female   Male Female
0-4 1,877 1,623   0.16% 0.13%   3.7% 2.7%
5-9 723 624   0.02% 0.02%   9.2% 5.8%
10-14 658 585   0.03% 0.02%   9.2% 6.1%
15-19 843 1,111   0.09% 0.04%   5.4% 4.2%
20-24 881 1,638   0.13% 0.04%   4.6% 4.7%
25-29 930 2,022   0.13% 0.05%   5.1% 6.1%
30-34 905 2,005   0.14% 0.05%   5.8% 7.3%
35-39 937 1,646   0.14% 0.07%   6.5% 8.2%
40-44 986 1,262   0.19% 0.12%   8.2% 9.5%
45-49 1,218 1,403   0.27% 0.20%   10.9% 10.8%
50-54 1,442 1,551   0.43% 0.32%   13.6% 11.5%
55-59 1,772 1,773   0.74% 0.51%   16.8% 12.8%
60-64 2,349 2,199   1.19% 0.82%   20.8% 16.0%
65-69 3,519 3,123   2.10% 1.27%   25.5% 22.2%
70-74 4,903 4,219   3.42% 1.95%   32.1% 31.2%
75-79 6,840 6,303   5.58% 3.29%   42.8% 43.0%
80-84 8,976 8,985   9.18% 5.98%   59.0% 56.3%
85-89 12,978 13,735   15.24% 10.77%   77.6% 67.0%
90-94 15,573 18,944   25.87% 18.97%   91.2% 78.3%
95+ 18,738 24,738   30.61% 29.47%   97.5% 89.8%

Sources – The estimates from health expenditure are from the Ministry of Health, and the estimates of disability rates are calculated from the 2001 Post-Censal Disability Survey.

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