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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2016 Dec 27;316(24):2627–2646. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.16885

Table 2.

Personal Health Care Spending in the United States by Aggregated Condition Category for 2013a

Rankb Aggregated Condition Category 2013 Spending (Billions of Dollars), $ Annualized Rate of Change, 1996–2013, % 2013 Spending by Type of Care, %
2013 Spending by Age, %
Ambulatory Care Inpatient Care Pharmaceuticals Emergency Care Nursing Facility Care <20 Years ≥65 Years
  1 Cardiovascular diseases   231.1   1.2 18.4 57.3   6.2   2.7 15.3   0.9 65.2
  2 Diabetes, urogenital, blood, and endocrine diseases   224.5   5.1 31.5 23.0 31.0   4.2 10.3   3.5 42.6
  3 Other noncommunicable diseases   191.7   3.1 43.0 11.3   6.5   2.8   3.2 15.3 32.9
  4 Mental and substance abuse disorders   187.8   3.7 52.1 19.0 20.9   1.6   6.5 19.8 12.8
  5 Musculoskeletal disorders   183.5   5.4 47.7 37.0   6.2   3.3   5.9   1.9 40.0
  6 Injuries   168.0   3.3 34.5 33.7   0.7 25.1   6.1 14.1 27.5
  7 Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional disorders   164.9   3.7 21.7 58.1   2.1   6.2 11.8 23.8 36.6
  8 Well care   155.5   2.9 28.7 36.5   3.0   0.5   0.1 37.7   5.1
  9 Treatment of risk factors   140.8   6.6 35.6   3.5 53.6   1.1   6.2   0.6 50.0
10 Chronic respiratory diseases   132.1   3.7 31.1 26.7 28.4   4.7   9.0 14.5 39.0
11 Neoplasms   115.4   2.5 42.0 51.2   1.0   1.2   4.6   3.0 46.3
12 Neurological disorders   101.3   4.0 26.3 15.0 12.3   3.5 43.0   2.4 58.8
13 Digestive diseases     99.4   2.9 20.6 60.8   5.5   6.4   6.7   6.0 39.3
14 Cirrhosis       4.2   5.1   7.8 88.5   0.0   0.0   3.6   1.3 19.6
All conditions 2100.1   3.5 33.6 33.2 13.7   4.9   9.3 11.1 37.9
a

Reported in 2015 US dollars. Uncertainty intervals are reported in the Supplement.

b

Ranked from highest spending to lowest spending.