Differences by Age Groups in Health Care Spending

	All Ages			Under 19			19-64			65 and Over

Type of Expenditure	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public
Aggregate amount (in millions) Total	$167,911	$102,870	$65,042	$19,875	$14,180	$5,696	$98,668	$70,497	$28,172	$49,366	$18,192	$31,175
Hospital Care	76,025	35,107	40,919	7,070	3,835	3,235	47,785	28,626	19,159	21,169	2,645	18,524
Physicians' Services	35,250	25,811	9,439	5,215	4,382	833	21,124	17,808	3,316	8,910	3,620	5,290
Dentists' Services	13,300	12,761	539	2,780	2,546	234	9,137	8,876	261	1,383	1,338	45
Other Professional Services	4,275	3,303	972	398	193	205	2,787	2,480	307	1,090	631	459
Drugs and Drug Sundries	15,098	13,798	1,300	2,823	2,650	173	9,044	8,419	625	3,231	2,728	503
Eyeglasses and Appliances	3,879	3,522	357	481	459	22	2,793	2,659	134	605	405	201
Nursing-Home Care	15,751	7,394	8,358	68	1	67	3,057	600	2,457	12,624	6,790	5,834
Other Health Services	4,333	1,175	3,158	1,040	113	927	2,941	1,028	1,913	354	35	319

Per Capita Amount Total	$752.98	$461.31	$291.67	$286.07	$204.10	$81.99	$763.96	$545.84	$218.13	$2,026.19	$746.68	$1,279.55
Hospital Care	340.93	157.43	183.50	101.76	55.20	46.56	369.98	221.64	148.34	868.86	108.56	760.30
Physicians' Services	158.08	115.75	42.33	75.06	63.07	11.99	163.56	137.88	25.67	365.70	148.58	217.12
Dentists' Services	59.64	57.23	2.42	40.01	36.65	3.37	70.75	68.72	2.02	56.76	54.92	1.85
Other Professional Services	19.17	14.81	4.36	5.73	2.78	2.95	21.58	19.20	2.38	44.74	25.90	18.84
Drugs and Drug Sundries	67.70	61.87	5.83	40.63	38.14	2.49	70.02	65.19	4.84	132.61	111.97	20.64
Eyeglasses and Appliances	17.40	15.79	1.60	6.92	6.61	.32	21.62	20.59	1.04	24.83	16.62	8.25
Nursing-Home Care	70.64	33.16	37.48	1.00	.01	.96	23.67	4.65	19.02	518.14	278.69	239.45
Other Health Services	19.43	5.27	14.16	14.97	1.63	13.34	22.77	7.96	14.81	14.53	1.44	13.10

Percentage Distribution Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hospital Care	45.3	34.1	62.9	35.6	27.0	56.8	48.4	40.6	68.0	42.9	14.5	59.4
Physicians' Services	21.0	25.1	14.5	26.2	30.9	14.6	21.4	25.3	11.8	18.0	19.9	17.0
Dentists' Services	7.9	12.4	.8	14.0	18.0	4.1	9.3	12.6	.9	2.8	7.4	.1
Other Professional Services	2.5	3.2	1.5	2.0	1.4	3.6	2.8	3.5	1.1	2.2	3.5	1.5
Drugs and Drug Sundries	9.0	13.4	2.0	14.2	18.7	3.0	9.2	11.9	2.2	6.5	15.0	1.6
Eyeglasses and Appliances	2.3	3.4	.5	2.4	3.2	.4	2.8	3.8	.5	1.2	2.2	.6
Nursing-Home Care	9.4	7.2	12.9	.3	—	1.2	3.1	.9	8.7	25.6	37.3	18.7
Other Health Services	2.6	1.1	4.9	5.2	.8	16.3	3.0	1.5	6.8	.7	.2	1.0

Personal Health Care Expenditures for Three Age Groups: Aggregate and Per Capita Amount and Percentage Distribution by Type of Expenditure and Source of Funds for Calendar Year 1977

	All Ages			Under 19			19-64			65 and Over

Type of Expenditure	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public
Aggregate amount (in millions) Total	$149,139	$91,048	$58,091	$18,259	$13,053	$5,206	$87,578	$62,382	$25,196	$43,303	$15,613	$27,690
Hospital Care	67,914	30,964	36,950	6,551	3,578	2,973	42,466	25,126	17,340	18,897	2,259	16,638
Physicians' Services	31,242	23,136	8,106	4,771	4,027	744	18,848	15,923	2,925	7,623	3,186	4,437
Dentists' Services	11,650	11,146	504	2,493	2,279	214	7,969	7,724	245	1,188	1,142	46
Other Professional Services	3,700	2,859	841	352	172	180	2,408	2,131	277	940	555	385
Drugs and Drug Sundries	13,810	12,614	1,196	2,624	2,473	151	8,244	7,665	579	2,941	2,475	466
Eyeglasses and Appliances	3,455	3,158	297	439	418	21	2,481	2,368	113	535	374	161
Nursing-Home Care	13,364	6,086	7,278	61	2	59	2,455	496	1,959	10,847	5,587	5,260
Other Health Services	4,005	1,085	2,920	968	103	865	2,708	949	1,759	332	33	299

Per Capita Amount Total	$674.46	$411.75	$262.71	$258.77	$184.99	$73.78	$690.76	$492.04	$198.73	$1,821.14	$656.54	$1,164.59
Hospital Care	307.13	140.03	167.10	92.84	50.71	42.13	334.95	198.18	136.77	794.72	95.00	699.72
Physicians' Services	141.29	104.63	36.66	67.61	57.07	10.54	148.66	125.59	23.07	320.59	133.99	186.60
Dentists' Services	52.69	50.41	2.28	35.33	32.30	3.03	62.85	60.92	1.93	49.96	48.03	1.93
Other Professional Services	16.73	12.93	3.80	4.98	2.44	2.55	18.99	16.81	2.18	39.53	23.34	16.19
Drugs and Drug Sundries	62.45	57.04	5.41	37.19	35.05	2.14	65.02	60.46	4.57	123.69	104.09	19.60
Eyeglasses and Appliances	15.62	14.28	1.34	6.22	5.92	.30	19.57	18.68	.90	22.50	15.73	6.77
Nursing-Home Care	60.44	27.52	32.91	.86	.03	.84	19.36	3.91	15.45	456.18	234.97	221.21
Other Health Services	18.11	4.91	13.21	13.72	1.46	12.26	21.36	7.49	13.87	13.96	1.39	12.57

Percentage Distribution Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hospital Care	45.5	34.0	63.6	35.9	27.4	57.1	48.5	40.3	68.8	43.6	14.5	60.1
Physicians' Services	20.9	25.4	14.0	26.1	30.8	14.2	21.5	25.5	11.6	17.6	20.4	16.0
Dentists' Services	7.8	12.2	.9	13.6	17.5	4.1	9.1	12.4	1.0	2.7	7.3	.2
Other Professional Services	2.5	3.1	1.4	1.9	1.3	3.5	2.8	3.4	1.1	2.2	3.5	1.4
Drugs and Drug Sundries	9.3	13.9	2.1	14.4	18.9	2.8	9.4	12.3	2.3	6.8	15.9	1.7
Eyeglasses and Appliances	2.3	3.5	.5	2.4	3.2	.4	2.8	3.8	.5	1.2	2.4	.6
Nursing-Home Care	9.0	6.7	12.5	.3	—	1.1	2.8	.8	7.8	25.1	35.8	19.0
Other Health Services	2.7	1.2	5.0	5.3	.8	16.7	3.1	1.5	7.0	.8	.2	1.1

Personal Health Care Expenditures for Three Age Groups: Aggregate and Per Capita Amount and Percentage Distribution by Type of Expenditure and Source of Funds for Calendar Year 1976

	All Ages			Under 19			19-64			65 and Over

Type of Expenditure	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public
Aggregate Amount (in millions) Total	$132,127	$80,531	$51,596	$16,590	$11,789	$4,801	$77,861	$55,367	$22,494	$37,674	$13,372	$24,302
Hospital Care	59,806	27,037	32,769	5,992	3,261	2,731	37,508	21,941	15,567	16,305	1,831	14,474
Physicians' Services	27,658	20,592	7,066	4,252	3,526	726	16.901	14,318	2,583	6,505	2.746	3,759
Dentists' Services	10,131	9,648	483	2,209	1,997	212	6,909	6,684	225	1,013	967	46
Other Professional Services	3,202	2,545	657	314	198	116	2,078	1,863	215	810	485	325
Drugs and Drug Sundries	12,809	11,667	1,142	2,472	2,315	157	7,621	7,088	533	2,716	2,263	453
Eyeglasses and Appliances	3,201	2,943	258	416	397	19	2,295	2,191	104	490	357	134
Nursing-Home Care	11,452	5,106	6,346	55	—	55	2,001	412	1,589	9,395	4,693	4,702
Other Health Services	3,868	993	2,875	880	94	786	2,548	869	1,679	440	30	410

Per Capita Amount Total	$602.45	$367.19	$235.26	$232.34	$165.10	$67.24	$624.31	$443.95	$180.36	$1,623,88	$576.38	$1,047.50
Hospital Care	272.69	123.28	149.41	83.92	45.67	38.25	300.75	175.93	124.82	702.80	78.92	623.88
Physicians' Services	126.11	93.89	32.22	59.55	49.38	10.17	135.52	114.81	20.71	280.39	118.36	162.03
Dentists' Services	46.19	43.99	2.20	30.94	27.97	2.97	55.40	53.59	1.80	43.66	41.68	1.98
Other Professional Services	14.60	11.60	3.00	4.40	2.77	1.62	16.66	14.94	1.72	34.91	20.90	14.01
Drugs and Drug Sundries	58.40	53.19	5.21	34.62	32.42	2.20	61.10	56.83	4.27	117.07	97.54	19.53
Eyeglasses and Appliances	14.60	13.42	1.18	5.83	5.56	.27	18.40	17.57	.83	21.12	15.39	5.73
Nursing-Home Care	52.22	23.29	28.93	.77	—	.77	16.04	3.30	12.74	404.96	202.28	202.67
Other Health Services	17.64	4.53	13.11	12.32	1.32	11.00	20.43	6.97	13.46	18.97	1.30	17.67

Percentage Distribution Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hospital Care	45.3	33.6	63.5	36.1	27.7	56.9	48.2	39.6	69.2	43.3	13.7	59.6
Physicians' Services	20.9	25.6	13.7	25.6	29.9	15.1	21.7	25.9	11.5	17.3	20.5	15.5
Dentists' Services	7.7	12.0	.9	13.3	16.9	4.4	8.9	12.1	1.0	2.7	7.2	.2
Other Professional Services	2.4	3.2	1.3	1.9	1.7	2.4	2.7	3.4	1.0	2.2	3.6	1.3
Drugs and Drug Sundries	9.7	14.5	2.2	14.9	19.6	3.3	9.8	12.8	2.4	7.2	16.9	1.9
Eyeglasses and Appliances	2.4	3.7	.5	2.5	3.4	.4	2.9	4.0	.4	1.3	2.7	.6
Nursing-Home Care	8.7	6.3	12.3	.3	—	1.1	2.6	.7	7.1	24.9	35.1	19.4
Other Health Services	2.9	1.2	5.6	5.3	.8	16.4	3.3	1.6	7.4	1.2	.2	1.7

Personal Health Care Expenditures for Three Age Groups: Aggregate and Per Capita Amount and Percentage Distribution by Type of Expenditure and Source of Funds for Calendar Year 1970

	All Ages			Under 19			19-64			65 and Over

Type of Expenditure	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public
Aggregate Amount (in millions) Total	$65,723	$43,281	$22,442	$10,356	$7,878	$2,479	$38,096	$28,708	$9,389	$17,270	$6,694	$10,577
Hospital Care	27,799	13,227	14,572	3,439	2,001	1,438	17,306	10,421	6,885	7,054	806	6,248
Physicians' Services	14,340	11,253	3,087	2,737	2,451	286	8,573	7,633	940	3,030	1,166	1,864
Dentists' Services	4,750	4,526	223	1,188	1,111	77	3,149	3,030	119	413	386	27
Other Professional Services	1,595	1,374	221	183	144	39	1,022	946	76	389	285	104
Drugs and Drug Sundries	8,406	7,922	484	1,883	1,816	67	4,791	4,580	211	1,732	1,524	208
Eyeglasses and Appliances	2,099	1,992	107	309	297	12	1,486	1,440	46	304	255	49
Nursing-Home Care	4,677	2,395	2,282	61	—	61	472	140	332	4,144	2,255	1,889
Other Health Services	2,058	592	1,466	556	57	499	1,297	518	779	204	18	186

Per Capita Amount Total	$315.37	$207.68	$107.69	$137.68	$104.73	$32.96	$337.27	$254.15	$83.12	$853.61	$331.00	$522.80
Hospital Care	133.39	63.47	69.92	45.72	26.60	19.12	153.21	92.26	60.95	348.74	39.85	308.89
Physicians' Services	68.81	54.00	14.81	36.39	32.58	3.80	75.90	67.58	8.32	149.80	57.65	92.15
Dentists' Services	22.80	21.72	1.07	15.80	14.77	1.02	27.88	26.82	1.05	20.42	19.08	1.33
Other Professional Services	7.65	6.59	1.06	2.43	1.91	.52	9.05	8.37	.67	19.23	14.09	5.14
Drugs and Drug Sundries	40.34	38.01	2.32	25.03	24.14	.89	42.42	40.55	1.87	85.63	75.34	10.28
Eyeglasses and Appliances	10.07	9.56	.51	4.11	3.95	.16	13.16	12.75	.41	15.03	12.61	2.42
Nursing-Home Care	22.44	11.49	10.95	.81	—	.81	4.18	1.24	2.94	204.87	111.48	93.39
Other Health Services	9.90	2.84	7.03	7.39	.76	6.63	11.48	4.59	6.90	10.09	.90	9.20

Percentage Distribution Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hospital Care	42.3	30.6	64.9	33.2	25.4	58.0	45.4	36.3	73.3	40.8	12.0	59.1
Physicians' Services	21.8	26.0	13.8	26.4	31.1	11.5	22.5	26.6	10.0	17.5	17.4	17.6
Dentists' Services	7.2	10.5	1.0	11.5	14.1	3.1	8.3	10.6	1.3	2.4	5.8	.3
Other Professional Services	2.4	3.2	1.0	1.8	1.8	1.6	2.7	3.3	.8	2.3	4.3	1.0
Drugs and Drug Sundries	12.8	18.3	2.2	18.2	23.1	2.7	12.6	16.0	2.2	10.0	22.8	2.0
Eyeglasses and Appliances	3.2	4.6	.5	3.0	3.8	.5	3.9	5.0	.5	1.8	3.8	.5
Nursing-Home Care	7.1	5.5	10.2	.6	—	2.5	1.2	.5	3.5	24.0	33.7	17.9
other Health Services	3.1	1.4	6.5	5.4	.7	20.1	3.4	1.8	8.3	1.2	.3	1.8

Personal Health Care Expenditures for Three Age Groups: Aggregate and Per Capita Amount and Percentage Distribution by Type of Expenditure and Source of Funds for Calendar Year 1965

	All Ages			Under 19			19-64			65 and Over

Type of Expenditure	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public	Total	Private	Public
Aggregate amount (In millions) Total	$37,267	$29,387	$7,880	$6,383	$5,391	$992	$22,012	$17,781	$4,231	$8,869	$6,213	$2,656
Hospital Care	13,935	8,539	5,395	1,731	1,111	620	8,908	5,753	3,155	3,296	1,677	1,619
Physicians' Services	8,474	7,890	583	1,712	1,673	39	5,025	4,601	424	1,737	1,617	120
Dentists' Services	2,809	2,760	49	772	753	19	1,823	1,805	18	213	201	12
Other Professional Services	1,033	996	37	135	129	6	654	631	23	244	236	8
Drugs and Drug Sundries	5,771	5,575	196	1,397	1,382	15	3,226	3,163	63	1,148	1,030	118
Eyeglasses and Appliances	1,866	1,836	30	306	302	4	1,305	1,281	24	256	254	2
Nursing-Home Care	2,072	1,360	712	—	—	—	247	173	74	1,825	1,187	638
Other Health Services	1,306	429	877	330	41	289	824	375	449	150	13	137

Per Capita Amount Total	$188.43	$148.59	$39.84	$83.02	$70.12	$12.90	$215.58	$174.14	$41.43	$472.31	$330.97	$141.35
Hospital Care	70.46	43.18	27.28	22.51	14.45	8.06	87.24	56.34	30.90	175.52	89.31	86.22
Physicians' Services	42.85	39.89	2.95	22.27	21.76	.51	49.21	45.06	4.15	92.50	86.11	6.39
Dentists' Services	14.20	13.96	.24	10.04	9.79	.25	17.85	17.68	.18	11.30	10.70	.64
Other Professional Services	5.22	5.04	.19	1.76	1.68	.08	6.41	6.18	.23	12.99	12.57	.43
Drugs and Drug Sundries	29.18	28.19	.99	18.17	17.98	.20	31.60	30.98	.62	61.14	54.85	6.28
Eyeglasses and Appliances	9.44	9.28	.15	3.98	3.93	.05	12.78	12.55	.24	13.63	13.53	.11
Nursing-Home Care	10.48	6.88	3.60	—	—	—	2.42	1.69	.72	97.19	63.21	33.98
Other Health Services	6.60	2.17	4.43	4.29	.53	3.76	8.07	3.67	4.40	7.99	.69	7.30

Percentage Distribution Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hospital Care	37.4	29.1	68.5	27.1	20.6	62.5	40.5	32.4	74.6	37.2	27.0	61.0
Physicians' Services	22.7	26.8	7.4	26.8	31.0	4.0	22.8	25.9	10.0	19.6	26.0	4.5
Dentists' Services	7.5	9.4	.6	12.1	14.0	1.9	8.3	10.2	.4	2.4	3.2	.5
Other Professional Services	2.8	3.4	.5	2.1	2.4	.6	3.0	3.5	.6	2.8	3.8	.3
Drugs and Drug Sundries	15.5	19.0	2.5	21.9	25.6	1.6	14.7	17.8	1.5	12.9	16.6	4.4
Eyeglasses and Appliances	5.0	6.2	.4	4.8	5.6	.4	5.9	7.2	.6	2.9	4.1	.1
Nursing-Home Care	5.6	4.6	9.0	—	—	—	1.1	1.0	1.7	20.6	19.1	24.0
Other Health Services	3.5	1.5	11.1	5.2	.8	29.1	3.7	2.1	10.6	1.7	.2	5.2

Table A. Personal Health Care Expenditures for Three Age Groups: Aggregate and Per Capita Amount and Percentage Distribution by Type of Expenditure and Source of Funds for Calendar Year 1978.