This is a compilation of statistics in US healthcare today, put together by Soraya Ghebleh.

1. Key Statistics in
US Healthcare Today
Soraya Ghebleh

2. The United States is the
only wealthy, industrialized
nation that does not have a
universal health care
system.
Source:InstituteofMedicine

3. Health care expenditures
in the United States were
nearly $2.6 trillion in 2010,
an average of $8,402 per
person.
Source:CentersforMedicare&
MedicaidServices

4. 75% of all health care
dollars are spent on
patients with one or more
chronic conditions, many of
which can be prevented,
including diabetes,
obesity, heart disease, lung
disease, high blood
pressure, and cancer.
Source:HealthAffairs

5. Source:CDC,NCHSDataBrief,
Number23,November2009
In 2005, the United States
ranked 30th in infant
mortality. Singapore has
the lowest rate with 2.1
deaths per 1000 live births,
while the United States has
a rate of 6.9 deaths per
1000 live births. Infant
mortality is considered an
important indicator of the
health of a nation.

6. Nearly two-thirds, or 62%,
of all bankruptcy filings in
the United States in 2007
were due to illness or
medical bills.
Source:AmericanJournalof
Medicine,June2009

7. The primary reason given
for lack of health insurance
coverage in 2005 was cost
(more than 50%), lost job
or a change in employment
(24%), Medicaid benefits
stopped (10%),
ineligibility for family
insurance coverage due to
age or leaving school
(8%).
Source:NationalCenterfor
HealthStatistics

8. Source:KaiserFamilyFoundation,May2012
Half of health care
spending is used to treat
just 5% of the population.

9. Source:KaiserFamily
Foundation,May2012
The share of the economy
devoted to health care has
increased from 7.2% in
1970 to 17.9% in 2009 and
2010.

10. Source:KaiserFamily
Foundation,May2012
The U.S. spends
substantially more on
health care than other
developed countries. As of
2009, health spending in
the U.S. was about 90%
higher than in many other
industrialized countries.
The most likely causes are
higher prices, more readily
accessible technology, and
greater obesity.

11. Source:CIAFactbook(2011)
Life expectancy at birth in
the United States is an
estimated 78.49 years,
which ranks 50th in highest
total life expectancy
compared to other
countries.

12. Source:HarvardMedicalSchool
Study,AmericanJournalofPublic
Health,December2009
Lack of health insurance is
associated with as many as
44,789 deaths per year in
the United States.