Average Annual Expenditures Per Consumer for Health Care: 1990–2005

(in dollars, except percent)

	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	26.3	25.2
2002	2,350	5.8	1,168	590	592	49.7	25.1	25.2
2003	2,416	5.9	1,252	591	574	51.8	24.5	23.8
2004	2,574	5.9	1,332	648	594	51.7	25.2	23.1
2005	2,664	5.7	1,361	677	626	51.1	25.4	23.5
Age of reference person:
Under 25 years old	704	2.5	377	197	130	53.6	28.0	18.5
25 to 34 years old	1,522	3.4	822	399	300	54.0	26.2	19.7
35 to 44 years old	2,272	4.1	1,160	665	447	51.1	29.3	19.7
45 to 54 years old	2,672	4.8	1,283	771	618	48.0	28.9	23.1
55 to 64 years old	3,410	6.9	1,585	979	847	46.5	28.7	24.8
65 to 74 years old	4,176	10.8	2,352	733	1,090	56.3	17.6	26.1
75 years old and over	4,210	15.6	2,260	805	1,144	53.7	19.1	27.2
Race of reference person:
White and other	2,829	5.9	1,431	726	673	50.6	25.7	23.8
Black	1,448	4.4	841	321	287	58.1	22.2	19.8
Origin of reference person:
Hispanic	1,520	3.8	750	444	327	49.3	29.2	21.5
Non-Hispanic	2,800	5.9	1,433	705	662	51.2	25.2	23.6
Region of residence:
Northeast	2,581	5.4	1,429	563	589	55.4	21.8	22.8
Midwest	2,841	6.3	1,409	755	677	49.6	26.6	23.8
South	2,606	6.1	1,353	600	653	51.9	23.0	25.1
West.	2,647	5.0	1,264	820	564	47.8	31.0	21.3
Size of consumer unit:
One person	1,750	6.5	893	424	433	51.0	24.2	24.7
Two or more persons	3,042	5.6	1,554	782	705	51.1	25.7	23.2
Two persons	3,359	6.9	1,731	777	851	51.5	23.1	25.3
Three persons	2,815	5.1	1,442	727	646	51.2	25.8	22.9
Four persons	2,786	4.5	1,453	771	562	52.2	27.7	20.2
Five persons or more	2,718	4.3	1,291	904	523	47.5	33.3	19.2
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	1,448	7.6	780	266	402	53.9	18.4	27.8
Second 20 percent	2,329	8.1	1,198	509	622	51.4	21.9	26.7
Third 20 percent	2,567	6.6	1,349	613	605	52.6	23.9	23.6
Fourth 20 percent	3,012	5.5	1,552	788	672	51.5	26.2	22.3
Highest 20 percent	3,962	4.4	1,924	1,208	830	48.6	30.5	20.9
Incomplete reporters of income	2,055	6.4	1,167	480	409	56.8	23.4	19.9