Table 2. Cost per life year saved of meningitis C vaccination programme, discounted to present value (3%) Component of campaign Delivery method (No of doses) Population (millions) Cases avoided Deaths avoided Life years saved Cost of vaccine campaign (£m)* Total cost savings (£m) Net cost (£m) Cost per case avoided Cost per life year saved 0-4 months GP (3) 0.275 365 30 832 13.4 1.2 12.2 33 326 14 630 5-11 months GP (2) 0.384 512 42 1165 12.8 1.7 11.1 21 624  9 493 1-4 years GP (1) 2.621 2422 212 5879 42.6 8.3 34.3 14 138  5 826 5-17 years School (1) 7.857 4432 539 14 354 96.7 17.3 79.4 17 907  5 529 16-17 year olds not in education GP (1) 0.654 149 22 569 6.6 0.7 5.9 39 341 10 291 Overall UK campaign 0-17 years GP and school 11.791 7880 845 22 799 172.0 29.2 142.8 18 112  6 259 Alternative strategy (not implemented) 12 months GP (1) 0.659 698 55 1658 10.6 2.4 8.3 11 878  5 003 * Cost of Health Education Authority advertising campaign distributed according to population size in each age group.