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Published in final edited form as: J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2013 Mar;16(1):3–12.

Table 1.

Weighted Mental Health Expenditure ($FY 2008) for Blacks, Hispanics and Latinos Age>=18 by Quantile

Quantile	Total MH Expenditure
Quantile	White (n=49,078)	Black (n=14,139)	Latino (n=20,661)
1	0	0	0
.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.
81	0.00	0	0
82	9.43	0	0
83	44.72	0	0
84	79.44	0	0
85	115.58	0	0
86	160.63	0	0
87	212.68	0	0
88	276.49	0	0
89	350.96	0	0
90	436.35	0	0
91	553.20	16.82 ^**	4.15 ^**
92	684.95	79.84 ^**	55.45 ^**
93	848.16	157.75 ^**	122.19 ^**
94	1051.65	291.33 ^**	219.04 ^**
95	1287.63	494.48 ^**	382.03 ^**
96	1611.39	809.35 ^**	619.09 ^**
97	2234.98	1393.88 ^**	1005.03 ^**
98	3382.58	2567.88 ^**	1801.69 ^**
99	9530.90	11221.86	6361.35 ^**

Source: 2004–2008 MEPS

Expenditures adjusted for inflation to $2008 dollars using Consumer Price Index (CPI)

^**

significant at α<.05 level