National health expenditures as a share of U.S. Gross Domestic Product grew from 6.9 percent in 1970 to 17.9 percent in 2017, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis.
The analysis was based on National Health Expenditure data from CMS.
Here is U.S. health spending as a share of the GDP from 1970 to 2017, in five-year intervals, according to the analysis.
1970 — 6.9 percent
1975 — 7.9 percent
1980 — 8.9 percent
1985 — 10.2 percent
1990 — 12.1 percent
1995 — 13.4 percent
2000 — 13.4 percent
2005 — 15.5 percent
2010 — 17.3 percent
2015 — 17.6 percent
Access the full analysis here.
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