In an article in An Unhealthy State yesterday, when income per head in excess of the EU average was compared with health spending per head, it should have been stated that health spending now struggled to stay above 80 per cent of the EU average, a level last achieved relative to the 15 EU states in 1960. Due to an editing error, the impression was conveyed that current spending struggled to stay above the EU 1960 average. A paragraph was omitted, which stated: "It is possible that this year and last Irish health spending per capita is back for the first time at or above the 85 per cent of the EU average which it has not seen since 1960. But with rapid population increase, substantial rises in spending will continue to be necessary to maintain our convergence with the EU."