Table 3.

Average per-person annual costs associated with stroke

Age of stroke onset (years)	Costs of non-fatal stroke (1st year)	Costs of non-fatal stroke (2nd year)	Costs of fatal stroke (including premature death costs)
Male
45	8,449	1,250	10,543 (521,179)
55	7,324	1,564	11,366 (141,230)
65	5,134	1,530	8,724
75	4,772	1,946	7,490
85	5,075	1,804	6,143
Female
45	5,358	629	12,182 (171,802)
55	5,032	1,004	9,955 (54,111)
65	4,891	1,309	11,135
75	4,915	1,656	7,993
85	4,669	1,588	5,514

Unit: 1,000 Korean won; All costs are presented in 2008 Korean currency value (1,200 Korean won = 1 US$); Detailed cost components are presented in Additional file 1, Table S1 and Additional file 1, Table S2.