Health care and medicine expense per person U.S. 1987-2014

This statistic shows the mean annual expense for health care and prescribed medicine per person with expense in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014. In 2014, the mean annual expense per person came to 5,531 U.S. dollars.

Mean annual expense for health care and prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014 (in U.S. dollars per person with expense)*

Characteristic	Mean annual expense per person
2014	5,531
2013	5,341
2012	5,247
2011	5,321
2010	5,253
2009	5,357
2008	4,915
2007	5,029
2006	4,789
2005	4,948
2004	4,861
2003	4,633
2002	4,346
2001	4,002
2000	3,712
1999	3,633
1998	3,550
1997	3,575
1996	3,605
1987	3,245

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Release date

September 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1987 to 2014

Age group

from 0 years

Supplementary notes

* Estimates of expenses were converted to 2014 dollars using the Consumer Price Index (all items) and differ from previous editions of Health, United States.
Values not included in the pdf version of "Health, United States" were taken from the excel trend tables.

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