The National Center for Health Statistics, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released this annual report on all aspects of national health. The report found that spending on national health care totaled $2.2 trillion, a 6 percent increase from 2006, while prescription drug expenditures increased over the last five years and per capita personal health care expenditures increased with age ($2,700 for children under 19 years v. $25,700 for adults 85 and over).  According to the report, public funds paid 45 percent of personal health care expenditures, largely through Medicare and Medicaid.

From the report:

In 2007, American men could expect to live 3.5 years longer—and women 1.6 years longer—than they did in 1990 (preliminary data; Table 24 and Figure 16). The gap in life expectancy between the black and white populations has narrowed, but it persists (Table 24 and Figure 16). Mortality from heart disease, stroke, and cancer has continued to decline in recent years, although mortality from chronic lower respiratory diseases and unintentional injuries has not (Tables 26, 32–34, and 37, and Figure 18). Infant mortality—a major component of overall life expectancy—declined through 2001 and has changed little since then (Table 17 and Figure 17). However, both life expectancy and infant mortality continue to lag behind levels in many other developed countries (Tables 22 and 23).

Full report: Health, United States, 2009 with Special Feature on Medical Technology (PDF | 10.31 MB)

US Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. (2010). Health, United States, 2009.