| 21-46 Statistics on New Rural Cooperative Medical System | |||||||
| Year | Number of | Number of | Rate of | Expenditure | Persons Benefited | ||
| Counties | Persons | Participation | of Funds | from Compensation | |||
| Participated | Participated | this Year | (100 million | ||||
| (unit) | (100 million persons) | (%) | (100 million yuan) | persons-times) | |||
| 2004 | 333 | 0.80 | 75.20 | 26.37 | 0.76 | ||
| 2005 | 678 | 1.79 | 75.66 | 61.75 | 1.22 | ||
| 2006 | 1451 | 4.10 | 80.66 | 155.81 | 2.72 | ||
| 2007 | 2451 | 7.26 | 86.20 | 346.63 | 4.53 | ||
| 2008 | 2729 | 8.15 | 91.53 | 662.31 | 5.85 | ||