STATISTICS ON HEALTH EXPENDITURES AND HEALTH COVERAGE Soraya Ghebleh

PER CAPITA HEALTH EXPENDITURES ARE

$8,402 (2010)

TOTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES ARE

$2.6 TRILLION (2010)

TOTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES AS A PERCENT OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT:

17.9% (2010)

PERCENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES FOR HOSPITAL CARE:

31.4% (2010)

PERCENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES FOR

HOSPITAL CARE: 31.4% (2010)

PERCENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES FOR NURSING HOME CARE: 5.5% (2010)

PERCENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES FOR PHYSICIAN AND CLINICAL SERVICES:

19.9% (2010)

PERCENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES

FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: 10% (2010)

NUMBER UNINSURED UNDER THE AGE OF 65

IN 2011 WAS 48.2 MILLION

18.% OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 65 ARE UNINSURED (2011)

61.2% OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 65

HAD PRIVATE INSURANCE (2011)

7% OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 ARE UNINSURED (2011)

53.3% OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18

HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE (2011)

41% OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH

PLAN COVERAGE

21.3% OF ADULTS AGE 18-64 ARE UNINSURED

(2011)

64.2% OF ADULTS AGE 18-64 HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE (2011)

15.9% OF ADULTS AGE 18-64 HAVE PUBLIC

HEALTH PLAN COVERAGE (2011)

SOURCE:

¨  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ¨  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hinsure.htm ¨  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hexpense.htm