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. 2002 Jan 19;324(7330):135–143. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7330.135

Table 2.

Age distribution of members of Kaiser California and UK population, 2000

Age (years) Kaiser (%) UK (%) NHS Costs per capita* (£)
0-4 6.0 6.0 504
5-15 15.0 14.3 131
16-44 43.1 40.8 264
45-64 25.7 23.4 363
65-74 6.3 8.2 696
75-84 3.2 5.4 1246
⩾85 0.7 1.9 1993

Sources: Department of Health,10 Office for National Statistics,19 and unpublished Kaiser data. 

*

NHS per capita costs for the Hospital and Community Health Services component of the NHS budget.