Table 2.
Expenditures for Care Categories by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender
| Age | Race/Ethnicity* | Gender | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–17 | 18–44 | 45–64 | 65 andOlder | White, Non-Hispanic | Black,Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Asian,Non-Hispanic | Male | Female | |
| Total expenses (U.S.$ billions) | 102.4 | 236.4 | 425.1 | 362.0 | 839.8 | 124.6 | 95.7 | 39.4 | 490.0 | 636.0 |
| Patient-centered care category | Percent Distribution† | |||||||||
| Chronic conditions | 31.7 | 32.2 | 51.2 | 56.2 | 47.7 | 50.8 | 42.0 | 34.4 | 49.6 | 45.1 |
| Acute illness | 27.2 | 25.3 | 24.5 | 26.3 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 30.9 | 17.3 | 25.3 | 25.7 |
| Trauma/injury or poisoning | 6.5 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 23.9‡ | 10.0 | 6.2 |
| Dental | 18.3 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| Routine preventative health care | 10.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 6.0 |
| Pregnancy/birth | 3.5‡ | 15.2 | 0.0‡ | 0.0‡ | 2.9 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 7.4‡ | 0.2‡ | 6.0 |
| Other | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
*
Estimates not shown for other race/ethnic subgroups due to insufficient sample sizes.
†
Total may not add to exactly 100.0 due to rounding.
‡
Estimate has high sampling error (Relative Standard Error>30%).
Source: Derived from the authors' analysis of 2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, AHRQ.