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. 2011 Oct 27;6(10):e26051. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026051

Table 4. Average health care costs per prevalent or incident case of disease.

Age	Colon Cancer^a	Breast Cancer^a	Endo-metrial Cancer^a	Kidney Cancer^a	Ischemic Heart Disease^b	Stroke^b	Hypertensive Heart Disease^b	Type II Diabetes^b	Osteo-arthritis^b	All other^c
Males
<55	$17,490	–	–	$16,298	$2,962	$2,228	$13,103	$504	$4,431	$1,555
55–64	$17,657	–	–	$16,751	$1,988	$4,942	$24,408	$660	$4,431	$2,828
65–74	$18,164	–	–	$14,748	$1,664	$9,529	$15,048	$763	$4,431	$4,731
75–84	$18,037	–	–	$14,526	$1,512	$12,856	$8,167	$639	$4,431	$7,945
85+	$19,288	–	–	$7,372	$1,394	$16,301	$1,723	$594	$4,431	$13,061
Females
<55	$17,136	$12,424	$10,665	$15,505	$1,832	$1,161	$22,097	$506	$4,431	$2,009
55–64	$16,349	$10,493	$9,902	$16,363	$1,520	$2,090	$32,044	$759	$4,431	$3,225
65–74	$17,238	$11,609	$14,419	$17,133	$1,595	$5,106	$20,357	$839	$4,431	$4,829
75–84	$17,360	$12,706	$10,497	$17,198	$1,564	$13,137	$9,624	$745	$4,431	$8,197
85+	$16,545	$12,520	$13,402	$12,192	$1,670	$19,679	$1,695	$429	$4,431	$15,078

^a

Cost per incident case of disease.

^b

Annual cost per prevalent case of disease.

^c

Annual cost per person.

NB. Costs are in Australian dollars, adjusted to the year 2003.