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Average Annual Expenditures Per Consumer for Health Care: 1990–2003

(in dollars, except percent)

 Health care, total   Percent distribution
ItemAmountPercent
of total
expend-
itures		Health
insurance		Medical
services		Drugs
and
medical
supplies1		Health
insurance		Medical
services		Drugs
and
medical
supplies1
19901,4805.2%58156233739.3%38.0%22.8%
19951,7325.486051236049.729.620.8
19981,9035.491354244848.028.523.5
19991,9595.392355847947.128.524.5
20002,0665.498356851547.627.524.9
20012,1825.51,06157354948.626.325.2
20022,3505.81,16859059249.725.125.2
20032,4165.91,25259157451.824.523.8
Age of reference person:        
 Under 25 years old 546 2.4 281 129 137 51.5 23.6 25.1
 25 to 34 years old 1,468 3.6 810 394 264 55.2 26.8 18.0
 35 to 44 years old 2,105 4.5 1,109 598 398 52.7 28.4 18.9
 45 to 54 years old 2,479 4.9 1,166 718 596 47.0 29.0 24.0
 55 to 64 years old 3,059 6.9 1,572 742 745 51.4 24.3 24.4
 65 to 74 years old 3,626 10.8 1,974 681 971 54.4 18.8 26.8
 75 years old and over 3,856 15.4 2,031 695 1,130 52.7 18.0 29.3
Race of reference person:        
 White and other 2,566 6.0 1,316 640 610 51.3 24.9 23.8
 Black 1,309 4.6 774 229 306 59.1 17.5 23.4
Origin of reference person:        
 Hispanic 1,439 4.2 747 365 328 51.9 25.4 22.8
 Non-Hispanic 2,527 6.1 1,309 616 602 51.8 24.4 23.8
Region of residence:        
 Northeast 2,127 5.0 1,237 448 442 58.2 21.1 20.8
 Midwest 2,586 6.4 1,332 621 632 51.5 24.0 24.4
 South 2,396 6.4 1,223 563 610 51.0 23.5 25.5
 West. 2,525 5.6 1,227 729 569 48.6 28.9 22.5
Size of consumer unit:        
 One person 1,558 6.6 779 360 419 50.0 23.1 26.9
 Two or more persons 2,774 5.8 1,449 687 637 52.2 24.8 23.0
 Two persons 3,093 7.1 1,597 700 795 51.6 22.6 25.7
 Three persons 2,532 5.3 1,326 642 564 52.4 25.4 22.3
 Four persons 2,581 4.7 1,402 694 485 54.3 26.9 18.8
 Five persons or more 2,379 4.5 1,224 705 450 51.5 29.6 18.9
Income before taxes:        
 Complete income reporters2 2,495 5.8 1,267 612 616 50.8 24.5 24.7
  Quintiles of income:        
   Lowest 20 percent 1,439 7.8 742 262 435 51.6 18.2 30.2
   Second 20 percent 2,132 8.0 1,124 378 631 52.7 17.7 29.6
   Third 20 percent 2,553 7.0 1,306 636 611 51.2 24.9 23.9
   Fourth 20 percent 2,745 5.4 1,440 695 610 52.5 25.3 22.2
   Highest 20 percent 3,606 4.4 1,723 1,087 796 47.8 30.1 22.1
 Incomplete reporters of income 2,055 6.4 1,167 480 409 56.8 23.4 19.9
1. Includes prescription and nonprescription drugs.
2. A complete reporter is a consumer unit providing values for at least one of the major sources of income.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, annual. From: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006.

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