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Mental health disorders costs increased faster relative to the other five highest cost medical conditions: cancer, trauma-related conditions, heart conditions, and asthma. Mental health expenditures between 1996 and 2006 increased from 35.2 billion in 96 to 57.5 billion in 06.
The number of people accounting for expenses for mental disorders almost doubled from 19.3 million to 36.2 million between 1996 and 2006.
Of the five top conditions, out-of-pocket payments were highest for the treatment of mental disorders (23.1% and 25% respectively.)
