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Table 3 Average per-person annual costs associated with stroke

From: Estimating the lifetime economic burden of stroke according to the age of onset in South Korea: a cost of illness study

Age of stroke onset (years)

Costs of non-fatal stroke

(1st year)

Costs of non-fatal stroke

(2nd year)

Costs of fatal stroke

(including premature death costs)

Male

   

45

8,449

1,250

10,543 (521,179)

55

7,324

1,564

11,366 (141,230)

65

5,134

1,530

8,724

75

4,772

1,946

7,490

85

5,075

1,804

6,143

Female

   

45

5,358

629

12,182 (171,802)

55

5,032

1,004

9,955 (54,111)

65

4,891

1,309

11,135

75

4,915

1,656

7,993

85

4,669

1,588

5,514

  1. Unit: 1,000 Korean won; All costs are presented in 2008 Korean currency value (1,200 Korean won = 1 US$); Detailed cost components are presented in Additional file 1, Table S1 and Additional file 1, Table S2.