File:United States Health Care Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP (1960 to 2008).png

English: A graph, created using Microsoft Excel, depicting the gross U.S. expenditures on health care from 1960 to 2008, as a percentage of GDP. Total national expenditure (blue), total private expenditure (red), total federal expenditure (green), total Medicare expenditure (purple), and total Medicaid expenditure (cyan) are shown.

National, private, and federal data (including GDP) are from [1] (zip file). Medicare and Medicaid data are from [2] (zip file).

Year Total_National_Health_Care_Expenditure_(in_billions) Total_Private_Health_Care_Expenditure_(in_billions) Total_Federal_Health_Care_Expenditure_(in_billions) Medicare_Expenditure_(in_billions) Medicaid_Expenditure_(in_billions) GDP_(in_billions) Total_National_Health_Care_Expenditure_(%GDP) Total_Private_Health_Care_Expenditure_(%GDP) Total_Federal_Health_Care_Expenditure_(%GDP) Medicare_Expenditure_(%GDP) Medicaid_Expenditure_(%GDP)
1960 $28 $21 $3 $0 $0 526 5.3% 4.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
1961 $29 $22 $3 $0 $0 545 5.3% 4.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1%
1962 $32 $24 $4 $0 $0 586 5.5% 4.1% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1%
1963 $35 $26 $4 $0 $1 618 5.7% 4.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1%
1964 $39 $29 $5 $0 $1 664 5.9% 4.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1%
1965 $42 $32 $5 $0 $1 719 5.8% 4.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1%
1966 $46 $33 $8 $2 $1 788 5.8% 4.2% 1.0% 0.2% 0.1%
1967 $52 $33 $12 $5 $2 832 6.3% 4.0% 1.4% 0.6% 0.2%
1968 $59 $37 $14 $6 $2 910 6.5% 4.1% 1.5% 0.7% 0.2%
1969 $66 $41 $16 $7 $3 984 6.7% 4.2% 1.6% 0.7% 0.3%
1970 $75 $47 $18 $8 $3 1038 7.2% 4.5% 1.7% 0.7% 0.3%
1971 $83 $51 $21 $8 $4 1127 7.4% 4.5% 1.9% 0.7% 0.4%
1972 $93 $57 $23 $9 $5 1238 7.5% 4.6% 1.9% 0.8% 0.4%
1973 $103 $63 $25 $11 $5 1382 7.5% 4.6% 1.8% 0.8% 0.4%
1974 $117 $69 $31 $13 $6 1500 7.8% 4.6% 2.1% 0.9% 0.4%
1975 $133 $77 $36 $16 $7 1638 8.1% 4.7% 2.2% 1.0% 0.5%
1976 $152 $89 $43 $20 $9 1825 8.3% 4.9% 2.4% 1.1% 0.5%
1977 $173 $102 $47 $23 $10 2030 8.5% 5.0% 2.3% 1.1% 0.5%
1978 $194 $114 $54 $27 $11 2294 8.5% 5.0% 2.4% 1.2% 0.5%
1979 $220 $129 $61 $31 $13 2562 8.6% 5.0% 2.4% 1.2% 0.5%
1980 $253 $147 $72 $37 $14 2788 9.1% 5.3% 2.6% 1.3% 0.5%
1981 $294 $171 $83 $45 $17 3127 9.4% 5.5% 2.7% 1.4% 0.5%
1982 $331 $195 $92 $52 $18 3253 10.2% 6.0% 2.8% 1.6% 0.5%
1983 $365 $215 $103 $59 $19 3535 10.3% 6.1% 2.9% 1.7% 0.5%
1984 $402 $238 $113 $66 $21 3931 10.2% 6.1% 2.9% 1.7% 0.5%
1985 $439 $262 $123 $71 $23 4218 10.4% 6.2% 2.9% 1.7% 0.5%
1986 $471 $278 $133 $76 $25 4460 10.6% 6.2% 3.0% 1.7% 0.6%
1987 $513 $301 $144 $83 $28 4736 10.8% 6.4% 3.0% 1.7% 0.6%
1988 $574 $344 $155 $88 $31 5100 11.3% 6.7% 3.0% 1.7% 0.6%
1989 $639 $383 $174 $101 $35 5482 11.7% 7.0% 3.2% 1.8% 0.6%
1990 $714 $427 $194 $110 $43 5801 12.3% 7.4% 3.3% 1.9% 0.7%
1991 $782 $456 $223 $121 $57 5992 13.1% 7.6% 3.7% 2.0% 0.9%
1992 $849 $485 $253 $136 $68 6342 13.4% 7.6% 4.0% 2.1% 1.1%
1993 $913 $512 $279 $150 $77 6667 13.7% 7.7% 4.2% 2.2% 1.2%
1994 $962 $526 $304 $168 $81 7085 13.6% 7.4% 4.3% 2.4% 1.1%
1995 $1,017 $551 $328 $184 $86 7415 13.7% 7.4% 4.4% 2.5% 1.2%
1996 $1,069 $580 $348 $199 $92 7839 13.6% 7.4% 4.4% 2.5% 1.2%
1997 $1,125 $614 $365 $210 $95 8332 13.5% 7.4% 4.4% 2.5% 1.1%
1998 $1,190 $662 $372 $209 $100 8794 13.5% 7.5% 4.2% 2.4% 1.1%
1999 $1,265 $709 $390 $213 $109 9354 13.5% 7.6% 4.2% 2.3% 1.2%
2000 $1,353 $757 $418 $224 $119 9952 13.6% 7.6% 4.2% 2.3% 1.2%
2001 $1,469 $807 $465 $247 $135 10286 14.3% 7.8% 4.5% 2.4% 1.3%
2002 $1,602 $881 $509 $265 $151 10642 15.1% 8.3% 4.8% 2.5% 1.4%
2003 $1,735 $957 $552 $282 $165 11142 15.6% 8.6% 5.0% 2.5% 1.5%
2004 $1,855 $1,016 $600 $311 $176 11868 15.6% 8.6% 5.1% 2.6% 1.5%
2005 $1,983 $1,083 $641 $340 $183 12638 15.7% 8.6% 5.1% 2.7% 1.4%
2006 $2,113 $1,137 $710 $403 $181 13399 15.8% 8.5% 5.3% 3.0% 1.3%
2007 $2,240 $1,201 $755 $432 $192 14078 15.9% 8.5% 5.4% 3.1% 1.4%

2008 $2,339 $1,232 $817 $469 $208 14441 16.2% 8.5% 5.7% 3.2% 1.4%