Table 2.

Estimated costs of delirium in Australia in 2016–2017, by age and gender group, £ million or %

Age/ gender	Financial cost		Well-being cost		Total	% of total
Delirium	Dementia due to delirium	Delirium	Dementia due to delirium
Male
<65	15.0	–	19.5	–	34.5	1
65–69	8.1	7.9	12.6	5.1	33.7	1
70–74	57.5	22.3	26.8	18.2	124.8	3
75–89	81.9	48.2	43.7	67.6	241.4	6
80–84	124.6	67.9	89.5	126.3	408.4	10
85+	233.5	154.1	260.6	368.2	1016.3	24
Female
<65	14.7	–	18.7	–	33.4	1
65–69	7.0	9.8	10.8	7.2	34.8	1
70–74	52.2	14.6	22.4	13.8	103.0	2
75–79	81.0	47.1	39.7	72.2	240.0	6
80–84	121.9	71.1	80.3	144.0	417.4	10
85+	243.3	232.9	369.4	729.0	1574.6	37
Overall	1040.8	675.7	994.1	1551.6	4262.2	100
% of total	24	16	23	36	100