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. 1985 Summer;6(4):1–49.

Table 19. Personal health care expenditures, by type of expenditure, region, and State: Calendar year 1976.

Region and State Total Hospital care Physicians' services Dentists' services Other professional services Drugs and medical sundries Eyeglasses and appliances Nursing home care Other health services

Amount in millions
U.S. total $131,517.3 $60,152.7 $27,556.6 $9,444.4 $3,193.5 $13,022.3 $3,412.9 $11,318.9 $3,416.1
New England 8,359.2 4,084.8 1,401.4 557.5 179.3 690.5 190.6 1,041.1 214.0
 Connecticut 2,082.3 911.0 389.1 168.1 48.5 193.6 38.7 277.9 55.2
 Maine 589.4 267.3 108.1 32.0 14.6 54.6 19.0 76.2 17.6
 Massachusetts 4,365.1 2,299.0 656.3 270.7 85.6 319.5 96.1 540.1 97.9
 New Hampshire 428.7 179.8 98.1 31.9 12.9 45.2 10.7 36.3 13.9
 Rhode Island 636.1 310.4 115.1 35.7 11.2 51.9 17.7 74.0 20.1
 Vermont 257.6 117.5 34.6 19.2 6.5 25.7 8.4 36.5 9.2
Mideast 28,439.9 14,181.9 5,156.7 1,878.1 772.2 2,373.8 566.5 2,670.3 840.4
 Delaware 353.6 171.9 70.4 23.3 5.9 37.9 7.4 24.8 12.0
 District of Columbia 933.4 625.0 153.1 25.8 11.0 58.0 10.2 15.0 35.4
 Maryland 2,527.9 1,192.0 533.2 193.3 42.9 245.1 54.4 192.7 74.4
 New Jersey 4,245.1 1,863.3 935.6 358.9 105.1 429.4 87.9 333.4 131.5
 New York 13,360.1 6,760.2 2,211.0 844.7 439.5 969.9 223.1 1,529.5 382.1
 Pennsylvania 7,019.8 3,569.5 1,253.3 432.2 167.6 633.5 183.7 574.9 205.1
Great Lakes 25,126.9 11,801.6 5,060.7 1,791.2 475.9 2,431.6 724.9 2,235.5 605.4
 Illinois 7,192.1 3,667.1 1,297.1 473.5 139.0 612.3 221.0 590.5 191.7
 Indiana 2,918.9 1,265.2 554.5 174.2 59.0 376.5 105.7 309.5 74.4
 Michigan 5,795.3 2,696.9 1,216.3 494.1 97.0 586.6 136.3 442.0 126.1
 Ohio 6,418.6 2,940.4 1,389.1 436.7 125.3 625.2 182.3 566.1 153.4
 Wisconsin 2,802.0 1,232.1 603.7 212.7 55.6 231.0 79.7 327.4 59.8
Plains 10,083.8 4,560.4 1,978.4 695.3 244.6 914.5 316.9 1,167.5 206.2
 Iowa 1,634.3 689.9 294.6 117.0 47.7 156.6 60.8 235.0 32.8
 Kansas 1,306.6 620.0 224.6 62.8 30.1 130.6 60.2 149.6 28.7
 Minnesota 2,386.1 1,076.9 413.3 181.7 43.4 195.5 61.0 362.7 51.6
 Missouri 3,034.2 1,427.8 675.7 216.0 78.9 275.5 72.0 229.1 59.1
 Nebraska 927.6 402.1 197.0 63.3 21.3 91.3 29.8 105.4 17.4
 North Dakota 437.0 183.0 116.5 34.1 11.2 30.8 15.8 38.7 6.9
 South Dakota 358.0 160.6 56.8 20.3 12.0 34.0 17.4 47.1 9.7
Southeast $25,172.7 $11,335.6 $5,658.8 $1,662.2 $545.4 $3,063.9 $622.7 $1,642.6 $641.5
 Alabama 1,872.9 890.0 384.0 111.4 33.2 222.9 38.5 149.5 43.3
 Arkansas 1,019.3 428.6 208.7 54.1 22.3 138.6 31.2 107.8 28.0
 Florida 5,401.0 2,318.5 1,459.7 412.6 154.0 579.0 100.1 272.7 104.5
 Georgia 2,641.4 1,168.2 610.4 185.5 44.1 320.3 55.0 187.9 70.1
 Kentucky 1,567.1 713.2 277.6 81.7 39.7 212.9 50.6 140.6 50.7
 Louisiana 2,020.0 944.7 436.6 118.0 42.7 243.1 45.3 149.0 40.5
 Mississippi 1,032.4 481.8 214.0 56.0 26.2 131.1 24.2 72.2 26.9
 North Carolina 2,586.5 1,129.9 544.3 182.3 52.9 374.6 68.9 166.3 67.3
 South Carolina 1,246.7 552.1 244.9 75.3 23.2 176.4 39.1 82.5 53.3
 Tennessee 2,306.4 1,094.3 506.6 146.3 47.4 262.7 69.2 122.3 57.6
 Virginia 2,524.7 1,118.5 586.9 192.5 41.6 290.2 69.4 154.8 70.8
 West Virginia 954.3 495.7 185.0 46.3 18.2 112.2 31.4 37.1 28.4
Southwest 10,513.1 4,498.3 2,423.0 687.5 260.7 1,227.8 288.0 860.4 267.2
 Arizona 1,365.8 599.9 363.1 110.7 32.4 141.4 22.6 52.0 43.6
 New Mexico 544.8 263.9 113.0 37.2 14.3 58.9 16.3 19.5 21.8
 Oklahoma 1,522.8 632.8 327.5 89.2 35.4 185.3 46.9 164.1 41.7
 Texas 7,079.7 3,001.7 1,619.6 450.5 178.7 842.2 202.3 624.7 160.1
Rocky Mountain 3,132.5 1,320.4 686.2 269.1 87.0 323.5 93.2 261.4 91.8
 Colorado 1,593.4 721.7 323.9 131.2 41.0 144.7 37.7 142.1 51.1
 Idaho 389.7 139.1 91.9 33.0 12.2 50.9 14.5 39.0 9.0
 Montana 385.9 145.8 90.2 33.1 12.8 42.0 19.1 32.3 10.6
 Utah 584.4 239.3 141.1 57.7 15.1 64.7 12.8 38.4 15.3
 Wyoming 179.0 74.5 39.0 14.1 5.9 21.1 9.2 9.5 5.7
Far West 20,689.3 8,369.6 5,191.4 1,903.5 628.4 1,996.8 609.7 1,440.1 549.6
 California 15,943.4 6,547.9 4,117.1 1,400.3 492.8 1,480.4 456.8 1,027.4 420.7
 Nevada 425.9 176.4 113.6 39.4 9.6 51.0 9.4 18.9 7.6
 Oregon 1,396.4 519.9 314.4 142.4 39.4 161.1 53.8 136.7 28.8
 Washington 2,158.4 823.1 450.0 241.3 72.5 223.7 70.9 225.3 51.6
 Alaska 224.7 102.1 45.8 21.5 4.0 24.6 6.6 6.8 13.2
 Hawaii 540.4 200.3 150.6 58.7 10.0 55.9 12.3 25.0 27.7

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration: Data from the Office of the Actuary.