Table 1 The time trend of cost of illness (COI) of liver cancer

1996

1999

2002

2005

2008

2011

2014

Population (thousand person)

125,864

126,686

127,435

127,768

127,692

127,799

126,949

 [% of 65 years or older]

15.1%

16.7%

18.5%

20.2%

22.1%

23.3%

26.1%

Number of deaths (person)

32,169

33,814

34,634

34,265

33,659

31,831

29,541

 [% of 65 years or older]

63.1%

70.2%

75.5%

78.4%

81.3%

83.2%

86.9%

Number of incidence (person)

40,128

39,816

40,604

42,194

48,512

43,840

3667^※

 [% of 65 years or older]

62.8%

67.9%

70.8%

72.1%

76.7%

78.7%

79.2%^※

Crude mortality/incidence rate

80.2%

84.9%

85.3%

81.2%

69.4%

72.6%

70.3%^※

Average age of incidence (year)

67.5

68.5

69.5

70.1

71.5

72.6

72.8^※

Average age of death (year)

67.9

69.0

70.5

71.9

73.2

74.5

75.8

Direct cost (billion yen) (billion USD)

103.7 (0.97)

122.2 (1.15)

156.2 (1.46)

147.6 (1.38)

140.7 (1.32)

138.4 (1.30)

131.6 (1.23)

Morbidity cost (billion yen) (billion USD)

28.7 (0.27)

35.0 (0.33)

34.0 (0.32)

31.5 (0.30)

26.4 (0.25)

21.4 (0.20)

18.5 (0.17)

Mortality cost (billion yen) (billion USD)

730.7 (6.85)

684.2 (6.41)

719.0 (6.74)

624.6 (5.86)

578.3 (5.42)

548.6 (5.14)

457.1 (4.29)

 [% of 65 years or older]

27.0%

32.4%

42.1%

44.7%

48.1%

54.7%

58.5%

Mortality cost per person (million yen) (million USD)

22.7 (0.21)

20.2 (0.19)

20.8 (0.19)

18.2 (0.17)

17.2 (0.16)

17.2 (0.16)

15.5 (0.15)

COI (billion yen) (billion USD)

863.1 (8.09)

841.5 (7.89)

909.2 (8.52)

803.8 (7.54)

745.4 (6.99)

708.4 (6.64)

607.2 (5.69)

COI per population (yen) (USD)

6857.4 (64.29)

6642.2 (62.27)

7134.7 (66.89)

6291.2 (58.98)

5837.9 (54.73)

5543.0 (51.97)

4783.2 (44.84)

2002

2005

2008

2011

2014

Population (thousand person)

22,521

22,770

23,037

23,225

23,417

 [% of 65 years or older]

8.9%

9.6%

10.3%

10.8%

11.9%

Number of deaths (person)

6943

7108

7651

8022

8178

 [% of 65 years or older]

52.4%

55.5%

57.8%

59.5%

60.5%

Number of incidence (person)

8860

9916

10,565

11,292

11,358

 [% of 65 years or older]

–

–

–

–

–

Crude mortality/incidence rate

78.4%

71.7%

72.4%

71.0%

72.0%

Average age of incidence (year)

–

–

–

–

–

Average age of death (year)

63.6

64.6

65.7

67.0

67.8

Direct cost (million NT$) (million USD)

4285.3 (135.72)

4392.7 (139.12)

6166.3 (195.30)

7038.6 (222.92)

8507.5 (269.45)

Morbidity cost (million NT$) (million USD)

131.6 (4.17)

152.8 (4.84)

290.0 (9.18)

603.0 (19.10)

367.9 (11.65)

Mortality cost (million NT$) (million USD)

17,713.3 (561.01)

16,719.4 (529.53)

17,636.7 (558.59)

16,962.1 (537.22)

16,879.4 (534.60)

 [% of 65 years or older]

14.0%

15.6%

16.3%

19.5%

19.8%

Mortality cost per person (thousand NT$) (thousand USD)

2551.3 (80.80)

2352.2 (74.50)

2305.2 (73.01)

2114.5 (66.97)

2064.0 (65.37)

COI (million NT$) (million USD)

22,130.2 (700.90)

21,264.9 (673.50)

24,093.0 (763.07)

24,603.7 (779.24)

25,754.8 (815.70)

COI per population (NT$) (USD)

982.7 (31.12)

933.9 (29.58)

1045.8 (33.12)

1059.4 (33.55)

1099.8 (34.83)