Health Care Expenses: 2010

Eighty-five percent of Americans had a health care expense in 2010, according to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The median total expense per person was $1,239, with the largest share (40 percent) paid for by private insurance. Only 14 percent of health care expenses are paid out-of-pocket. Here is the percentage of the population with health care expenses in 2010 by age (and median expenses per person)...

Under age 5: 89.2% ($469)
Aged 5 to 17: 84.6% ($517)
Aged 18 to 24: 71.9% ($557)
Aged 25 to 34: 75.3% ($817)
Aged 35 to 44: 79.9% ($1,233)
Aged 45 to 54: 86.6% ($1,670)
Aged 55 to 64: 92.3% ($2,594)
Aged 65-plus: 96.3% ($4,513)

Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2010 Summary Data Tables