Figure 3.1.4

Healthcare spending attributable to risk factor categories by age group in the US, 2016

Smoking is one of the top five risk factors contributing to high spending on health care attributable to modifiable risk factors.

Footnote

Health-care spending is measured in 2016 US dollars. Due to risk interaction and mediation, attributable spending by risk category does not sum up to total attributable spending. BMI=body-mass index.

Source

Bolnick HJ, Bui AL, Bulchis A, et al. Health-care spending attributable to modifiable risk factors in the USA: an economic attribution analysis. Lancet Public Health 2020 Oct;5(10):e525–e535.

Suggested Data Citation

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Vitality Institute. United States Health-Care Spending Attributable to Modifiable Risk Factors 2016. Seattle, United States of America: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2020. Available from https://ghdx.healthdata.org/record/ihme-data/united-states-health-care-spending-attributable-modifiable-risk-factors-2016 accessed on April 17, 2024.