The table compares the percentage of UK residents who should be allocated money on three different categories by the government in both genders and six age cohorts.
Overall, spending on education tended to account for men, whereas expenditure on health made up the highest level in women. Another striking feature is that young people spent the most on education, the opposite was the case for those aged over-35s, which had the largest expense share in health.
Looking first at the increasing proportion of expenditure in both genders, although health costs should rise by 32% for men, more third-fold higher than that of unspecified other areas (13%), the figure for education in men recorded the highest percentage at 52%. In addition, women allocated the most money to health at 48%, which was closely followed by education (40%), both of which far exceeded the figure for unspecified other areas (12%).
Moving to the distribution of the expense in six age groups, UK residents in the 18-24 and 25-34 groups spent the most on education at 40% and 52%, respectively. This was followed by health and unspecified other areas (25% versus 35% in people aged 18-24 compared to 48% versus 26% in people aged 25-34). However, the proportion of expenses on health increased in the elderly, with the most expenses on those over-65s (72%). This is followed by the 55-64 age bracket (52%), the 35-44 and 45-54 age bracket, the same figure at 48%. By contrast, education costs were in fact lower than health costs, ranging from 12% in those aged over 65 to 27% in those aged 45-54. In terms of other areas, UK citizens aged 35-44, 45-54, and 55-65 increased by 26% to 30%, while only 16% of those aged above 65 are interested in these terms.