1970s 1980s 1990s 2000-2012 1970-2012 2013-20220%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

9.4%

6.8%

4.3%

3.0%

5.7%

4.1%

11.8%

9.8%

5.4% 5.2%

8.0%

5.3%

GDP Per Capita

NHE Per Capita

SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations using NHE data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/ (Historical data from National Health Expenditures by type of service and source of funds, file nhe12.zip; Projected data from NHE Historical and projections 1965-2022, file nhe65-22.zip); Gross Domestic Product data from Bureau of Economic Analysis, at http://bea.gov/national/index.htm#gdp (file gdplev.xls).

Average Annual Growth Rates for NHE and GDP, Per Capita, for Selected Time Periods

Projected