Table 2.1    Total health care expenditure, UK, 1973 - 2004
		UK health expenditure						Health care per capita				UK health care as % of GDP5
Calendar year		NHS1	Private health care2	Other medical products3	Total			Cash £	Constant prices4			NHS	Private and other	Total
		£m	£m	£m	£m				1973=100
1973		2,956	102	208	3,266			58	100			4.0	0.4	4.4
1974		3,835	120	235	4,190			75	112			4.6	0.4	5.0
1975		5,126	134	276	5,536			98	116			4.8	0.4	5.2
1976		6,054	166	313	6,533			116	119			4.8	0.4	5.2
1977		6,734	205	349	7,288			130	117			4.6	0.4	5.0
1978		7,600	231	403	8,234			147	118			4.5	0.4	4.9
1979		8,855	263	502	9,620			171	121			4.5	0.4	4.9
1980		11,257	355	615	12,227			217	129			4.9	0.4	5.3
1981		12,936	463	689	14,088			250	133			5.1	0.5	5.6
1982		14,106	593	787	15,486			275	136			5.1	0.5	5.6
1983		15,134	672	904	16,710			297	139			5.0	0.5	5.5
1984		16,080	623	1,080	17,783			315	142			5.0	0.5	5.5
1985		17,154	738	1,190	19,082			337	144			4.8	0.5	5.4
1986		18,595	846	1,364	20,805			367	152			4.9	0.6	5.5
1987		20,406	1,066	1,433	22,905			403	159			4.9	0.6	5.5
1988		23,646	1,246	1,595	26,487			465	173			5.0	0.6	5.7
1989		25,690	1,353	1,786	28,829			505	175			5.0	0.6	5.6
1990		28,426	1,623	1,919	31,968			559	181			5.1	0.6	5.7
1991		32,078	1,969	2,299	36,346			633	192			5.5	0.7	6.2
1992		35,436	2,015	2,731	40,182			698	205			5.8	0.8	6.6
1993		37,231	2,138	2,954	42,323			734	210			5.8	0.8	6.6
1994		39,715	2,391	3,794	45,900			794	224			5.8	0.9	6.7
1995		41,853	2,808	3,919	48,580			839	231			5.8	0.9	6.8
1996		43,522	3,335	4,199	51,056			880	235			5.7	1.0	6.7
1997		45,660	3,611	4,377	53,648			922	240			5.6	1.0	6.6
1998		48,138	4,109	4,692	56,939			977	248			5.6	1.0	6.6
1999		52,264	4,462	4,992	61,718			1,055	263			5.8	1.0	6.8
2000		57,067	4,927	5,265	67,259			1,147	282			6.0	1.1	7.1
2001		62,892	5,103	5,772	73,767			1,249	302			6.3	1.1	7.4
2002		70,196	5,453	6,026	81,675			1,379	324			6.7	1.1	7.8
2003e		78,636	5,635	7,161	91,432			1,539	352			7.2	1.2	8.3
2004e		85,402	5,951	7,249	98,602			1,654	371			7.3	1.1	8.5
Notes:	e = OHE estimates (see text).
	1 Including charges paid by patients.
	2 Consumer expenditure on private medical insurance (PMI) and private medical treatment.
	3 Figures relate to consumer expenditure on medical goods including medicines not purchased on NHS prescription, and expenditure on
	therapeutic equipment such as spectacles, contact lenses and hearing aids.
	4 Figures have been adjusted by the GDP deflator at market prices and hence may include relative price effects.
	5 Gross Domestic Product at market prices.
Sources:	Consumer Trends (ONS).
	Annual Abstract of Statistics (ONS).
	Economic Trends (ONS).
	The Government's Expenditure Plans (DH).
	Laing's Healthcare Market Review (Laing and Buisson).