Per Capita Health Expenditures by Region (Archives, 1991-2009)

This database contains total and per capita Personal Health Care Expenditures (PHC) for U.S. regions.  In addition to the U.S., regions include:

• Far West (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)
• Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
• Mideast (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)
• New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
• Plains (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
• Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
• Southeast (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas).

PHC currently accounts for about 85 percent of total health care spending and includes expenditures across ten types of goods and services: 

• Hospitals
• Physician and clinical
• Dental
• Other professional services
• Home health care
• Non-durable medical products
• Prescription drugs
• Durable medical equipment
• Nursing care facilities
• Other health, residential, and personal care.

Per capita figures are shown in curent dollars.  Total expenditures are show in millions of curent dollars. Figures are reported for calendar years.  For additional information on these goods and service types, see Detailed Medical Goods and Services Background. 

This database is no longer updated.