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Table 1 Population, estimated cost and number of users by service category, age and gender

From: Health and care service utilisation and cost over the life-span: a descriptive analysis of population data

  

Distribution (%) by

  

Gender

Age group

    

F

M

0–19

20–39

40–64

65–84

85+

Population

4.993 million

50.0

50.0

25.1

26.6

32.8

13.0

2.6

     

Fa

48.7

49.0

48.9

53.5

68.3

  

Ma

51.3

51.0

51.1

46.5

31.7

Costs

Billion NOK

% of Total

% of HC/LTC

F

M

0–19

20–39

40–64

65–84

85+

Total (THC)

172.3

100.0

 

55.8

44.2

8.7

17.6

27.9

27.6

18.3

     

Fb

44.6

53.3

50.0

54.7

74.0

     

Mb

55.4

46.7

50.0

45.3

26.0

Healthcare (HC)

102.2

59.3

100.0

52.6

47.4

11.3

20.8

34.3

27.4

6.3

- Somatic

59.6

34.6

58.3

52.6

47.4

9.6

14.0

32.4

35.2

8.7

- Mental health

21.9

12.7

21.5

51.1

48.9

18.2

41.0

33.4

6.5

0.9

- GP

7.5

4.3

7.3

57.5

42.5

12.7

24.0

36.3

21.8

5.2

- Medicine

13.2

7.7

12.9

52.1

47.9

6.7

15.8

42.9

29.7

4.9

Long-term care (LTC)

70.1

40.7

100.0

60.5

39.5

4.9

12.9

18.5

27.9

35.8

- Activity

2.4

1.4

3.4

54.7

45.3

10.4

25.6

32.0

18.6

13.4

- Home help

17.1

9.9

24.4

49.2

50.8

3.4

34.0

40.7

13.1

8.9

- Care salary

0.8

0.5

1.2

42,0

58.0

45.4

19.8

17.7

13.9

3.3

- Respite care

2.5

1.5

3.6

37.3

62.7

73.3

10.8

3.7

8.1

4.1

- Home nursing

16.9

9.8

24.1

60.3

39.7

1.8

11.9

22.5

31.8

32.0

- Short stay

4.6

2.7

6.6

61.5

38.5

0.2

0.6

7.1

45.9

46.3

- Long stay

25.7

14.9

36.7

71.2

28.8

0.3

0.4

3.5

35.2

60.6

Users

Number (1000)

% of Population

F

M

0–19

20–39

40–64

65–84

85+

Healthcare (HC)

 Somatic

1936

38.8

55.4

44.6

18.3

23.2

33.9

20.4

4.2

 Mental health

226

4.5

53.8

46.2

26.1

34.6

32.9

5.4

1.0

 GP

3887

77.8

53.4

46.6

22.2

25.7

33.9

15.3

3.0

  Medicine

3353

67.2

55.0

45.0

17.3

25.4

36.6

17.5

3.1

 Long-term care (LTC)

314

6.3

62.6

37.4

5.7

9.9

17.5

35.7

31.2

 Activity

54

1.1

56.4

43.6

16.2

18.3

26.0

22.7

16.8

 Home help

173

3.5

68.0

32.0

0.9

6.9

15.2

39.6

37.4

 Care salary

11

0.2

42.0

58.0

44.6

15.8

16.3

17.6

5.6

 Respite care

16

0.3

38.9

61.1

56.9

10.2

4.8

17.6

10.5

 Home nursing

189

3.8

61.8

38.2

1.5

10.8

20.9

36.9

29.8

 Short stay

51

1.0

61.7

38.3

0.3

0.6

7.1

46.5

45.5

 Long stay

48

1.0

69.2

30.8

0.3

0.5

3.4

35.0

60.9

  1. aGender distribution of population within age-groups. b Gender distribution of total cost within age-groups