Slide 13. Total expenditures for the 5 most costly conditions among the highest 5 percent based on their overall medical expenditures, 2009

Trends in Healthcare Costs and the Concentration of Medical Expenditures

Image: A bar chart shows expenditures in billions for the 5 most costly conditions:

Heart disease:

• Overall population—99.2.
• Highest 5%—73.4.

Cancer:

• Overall population—80.3.
• Highest 5%—60.8.

Mental disorders:

• Overall population—79.8.
• Highest 5%—39.7.

Trauma-related disorders:

• Overall population—80.8.
• Highest 5%—43.2.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma:

• Overall population—64.2.
• Highest 5%—31.6.

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