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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2016 Dec 27;316(24):2627–2646. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.16885

Table 4.

Largest 20 Public Health Spending Conditions for 2013 in the United Statesa

Rankb Condition 2013 Spending (Billions of US Dollars), $ Annualized Rate of Change (1996 to 2013), %
All causes 76.63   2.69
  1 HIV/AIDS   3.52   4.97
  2 Lower respiratory tract infections   1.78 15.68
  3 Diarrheal diseases   0.93 14.11
  4 Other infectious diseases (viral and chlamydial infection and streptococcal infection)   0.67   1.25
  5 Hepatitis   0.60   6.77
  6 Preterm birth complications (respiratory distress and extreme immaturity)   0.39 −0.67
  7 Varicella   0.35 14.98
  8 Tobacco (tobacco use disorder and cessation)   0.34   9.58
  9 Family planning   0.29   9.38
10 Tetanus   0.19   1.66
11 Whooping cough   0.19   1.66
12 Diphtheria   0.19   1.66
13 Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV   0.18   3.80
14 Breast cancer   0.18 30.01
15 Meningitis   0.17   6.00
16 Low back and neck pain   0.14   8.96
17 Tuberculosis   0.14   0.92
18 Self-harm   0.14 14.51
19 Other neonatal disorders (feeding problems and temperature regulation)   0.13   1.00
20 Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers   0.13   7.39
Top 20 causes 10.64   5.59
a

Public health spending by condition in 2013 for 20 conditions with the largest spending in 2013. Reported in 2015 US dollars.

b

Ranked from largest spending to smallest spending. eTable 9.3 in the Supplement includes all conditions and uncertainty intervals for all estimates.