Table 1. Aggregate and per capita national health expenditures, by source of funds and percent of gross national product, selected calendar years, 1929-1978.

		Health Expenditures
Calendar year	Gross national product (in billions)	Total			Private			Public
		Amount (in billions)	Per capita	Percent of GNP	Amount (in billions)	Per capita	Percent of total	Amount (in billions)	Per capita	Percent of total
1929	$103.1	$3.6	$29.49	3.5	$3.2	$25.49	86.4	$0.5	$4.00	13.6
1935	72.2	2.9	22.65	4.0	2.4	18.30	80.8	.6	4.34	19.2
1940	99.7	4.0	29.62	4.0	3.2	23.61	79.7	.8	6.03	20.3
1950	284.8	12.7	81.86	4.5	9.2	59.62	72.8	3.4	22.24	27.2
1955	398.0	17.7	105.38	4.4	13.2	78.33	74.3	4.6	27.05	25.7
1960	503.7	26.9	146.30	5.3	20.3	110.20	75.3	6.6	36.10	24.7
1965	688.1	43.0	217.42	6.2	32.3	163.29	75.1	10.7	54.13	24.9
1966	753.0	47.3	236.51	6.3	34.0	169.81	71.8	13.3	66.71	28.2
1967	796.3	52.7	260.35	6.6	33.9	167.61	64.4	18.8	92.74	35.6
1968	868.5	58.9	288.17	6.8	37.1	181.40	63.0	21.8	106.76	37.0
1939	935.5	66.2	320.70	7.1	41.6	201.83	62.9	24.5	118.87	37.1
1970	982.4	74.7	358.63	7.6	47.5	227.71	63.5	27.3	130.93	36.5
1971	1,063.4	82.8	393.09	7.8	51.4	244.12	62.1	31.4	148.97	37.9
1972	1,171.1	92.7	436.47	7.9	57.7	271.78	62.3	35.0	164.69	37.7
1973	1,306.6	102.3	478.38	7.8	63.6	297.17	62.1	38.8	181.22	37.9
1974	1,412.9	115.6	535.99	8.2	69.0	319.99	59.7	46.6	216.00	40.3
1975	1,528.8	131.5	604.57	8.6	75.8	348.61	57.7	55.7	255.96	42.3
1976	1,700.1	148.9	678.79	8.8	86.6	394.73	58.2	62.3	284.06	41.8
1977	1,887.2	170.0	768.77	9.0	100.7	455.27	59.2	69.3	313.50	40.8
1978 1/	2,107.6	192.4	863.01	9.1	114.3	512.62	59.4	78.1	350.40	40.6

^1/Preliminary estimates