Table 1.

Mean cost of incident and prevalent stroke

	NHS & PSS cost		Unpaid care & lost productivity cost		Total cost
Category	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
First year cost (incident stroke)
All patients	18,081	17,621–18,542	27,328	24,434–30,221	45,409	42,054–48,763
Age (years)
40–64	12,770	12,089–13,451	33,191	26,567–39,815	45,961	38,656–53,266
65–74	15,577	14,742–16,412	25,800	21,351–30,248	41,377	36,093–46,660
75–84	20,011	19,201–20,820	27,487	22,924–32,050	47,497	42,124–52,870
≥85	22,961	21,892–24,029	18,234	11,274–25,194	41,195	33,166–49,223
Sex
Male	17,338	16,725–17,950	29,062	24,914–33,210	46,400	41,639–51,160
Female	18,824	18,198–19,451	25,090	21,196–28,984	43,914	39,394–48,435
Stroke type
Ischaemic	17,063	16,432–17,694	27,167	23,928–30,407	44,231	40,360–48,101
Haemorrhage	19,099	18,455–19,743	27,599	22,124–33,074	46,698	40,578–52,817
Subsequent year cost (prevalent stroke)
All patients	7,759	7,200–8,318	17,019	13,034–21,005	24,778	20,234–29,322
Age (years)
40–64	5,169	4,057–6,280	20,848	14,671–27,025	26,017	18,728–33,305
65–74	5,761	4,394–7,129	21,739	10,408–33,071	27,501	14,802–40,199
75–84	10,753	8,495–13,011	11,443	8,254–14,633	22,196	16,749–27,644
≥85	9,873	7,404–12,343	14,249	7,838–20,661	24,123	15,242–33,004
Sex
Male	7,221	5,741–8,701	18,681	12,308–25,053	25,901	18,049–33,754
Female	8,287	6,566–10,007	14,857	11,102–18,612	23,144	17,668–28,619
Stroke type
Ischaemic	7,225	5,750–8700	17,094	12,632–21,555	24,318	18,381–30,255
Haemorrhage	8,230	6,529–9931	18,315	9,855–26,775	26,545	16,384–36,706