Dataset

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 126):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 21 rows and 9 columns.

In millions of dollars (847,341 represents $847,341,000,000). Excludes Puerto Rico and island areas. Excludes medical research, medical structures, and equipment

Footnotes

1. Includes other items not shown separately.
2. Covers hospital and medical insurance payments and
   administrative costs under old-age, survivors, disability and health
   insurance program.
3. Covers medicaid and other medical public assistance.
   Excludes funds paid into medicare trust fund by
   states to cover premiums for public assistance recipients and
   medically indigent persons.
4. Includes care for retirees and military dependents.
5. Medical benefits.