The number of patients ^* (thousand)

Total

297.8

298.3

300.8

309.8

188.5

192.3

193.9

198.2

319.3

283.8

253.4

231.9

Inpatient

141.4

134.8

129.4

126.1

58.2

58.1

59.9

64

199.4

172.2

159.4

146

Outpatient

156.4

163.5

171.4

183.6

130.3

134.1

133.9

134.2

119.9

111.6

94

85.9

The number of deaths ^*

342,963

357,305

368,103

373,334

181,928

194,926

196,925

204,837

127,023

123,867

114,207

109,880

Average age of death ^* (years old)

73.4

74.2

75.0

75.8

78.7

79.2

79.7

80.7

78.6

79.4

80.0

79.9

Medical direct cost (billion JPY)

2,227

2,419

2,816

3,169

1,265

1,305

1,514

1,757

1,436

1,367

1,444

1,511

Morbidity cost (billion JPY)

481

475

463

461

158

149

141

199

378

351

322

314

Mortality cost (billion JPY)

5,943

6,450

6,231

6,409

2,184

2,451

2,257

2,473

1,503

1,573

1,352

1,443

Formal care cost (billion JPY)

117

144

146

213

196

191

259

306

1,570

1,652

1,733

1,564

Informal care cost (billion JPY)

126

159

158

255

244

237

291

424

1,730

1,714

1,651

1,832

Comprehensive Cost of Illness (billion JPY) ^*Based on governmental statistics

8,894

9,646

9,815

10,505

4,047

4,334

4,461

5,159

6,616

6,658

6,501

6,664

Source(s):Compiled from data extracted from e-Stat (2020), including Patient Survey and Vital Statistics