Average Annual Expenditures Per Consumer for Health Care:
1990–2013
Updated May 8, 2019 |
Infoplease Staff
Average total consumer expenditures were $51,100 in 2013. Healthcare, along with transportation, were the only areas of household spending to increase.
| Health care, total | Percent distribution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Amount | Percent of total expend- itures | Health insurance | Medical services | Drugs and medical supplies1 | Health insurance | Medical services | Drugs and medical supplies1 |
| 1990 | $1,480 | 5.2% | $581 | $562 | $337 | 39.3% | 38.0% | 22.8% |
| 1995 | 1,732 | 5.4 | 860 | 512 | 360 | 49.7 | 29.6 | 20.8 |
| 1998 | 1,903 | 5.4 | 913 | 542 | 448 | 48.0 | 28.5 | 23.5 |
| 1999 | 1,959 | 5.3 | 923 | 558 | 479 | 47.1 | 28.5 | 24.5 |
| 2000 | 2,066 | 5.4 | 983 | 568 | 515 | 47.6 | 27.5 | 24.9 |
| 2001 | $2,182 | 5.5% | $1,061 | $573 | $549 | 48.6% | 26.% | 25.2% |
| 2003 | 2,416 | 5.9 | 1,252 | 591 | 574 | 51.8 | 24.5 | 23.8 |
| 2005 | 2,664 | 5.7 | 1,361 | 677 | 626 | 51.1 | 25.4 | 23.5 |
| 2009 | 3,126 | 6.4 | 1,785 | 736 | 605 | 57.1 | 23.5 | 19.4 |
| 2011 | 3,313 | 6.7 | 1,922 | 768 | 623 | 58.0 | 23.2 | 18.8 |
| 2013 | $3,631 | 7.1% | $2,229 | $796 | $605 | 61.4% | 21.9% | 16.7% |
1. Includes prescription and nonprescription drugs.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, annual.
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