Table 2.

Research funding by disease

	Research funding 2012 £ thousands (%)			Research funding 2008 £ thousands
	Charity	Government	Total	Charity	Government	Total
Cancer	387 414 (76)	156 640 (45)	544 055 (64)	323 771 (76)	266 640 (66)	590 411 (71)
CHD	91 486 (18)	74 699 (21)	166 185 (19)	85 031 (20)	84 229 (21)	169 260 (20)
Dementia	16 637 (3)	73 481 (21)	90 118 (10)	13 913 (3)	36 331 (9)	50 244 (6)
Stroke	13 323 (3)	42 641 (12)	55 964 (7)	5833 (1)	17 522 (4)	23 355 (3)
Total	508 859 (100)	347 462 (100)	856 321 (100)	428 548 (100)	404 723 (100)	833 270 (100)

CHD, coronary heart disease.