For those under 18 years of age, the top five medical conditions in 2008 were acute bronchitis (11.9 million children), asthma (11.7 million children), trauma-related disorders (6.7 million children), otitis media (6.3 million children) and mental disorders (4.9 million children).
Of these top five conditions, total expenditures were highest for mental disorders at $12.2 billion, followed by asthma at $9.3 billion and trauma-related disorders at $6.9 billion. Total expenditures were lowest for bronchitis at $2.7 billion and otitis media at $2.3 billion. A total $114.5 billion was spent on all conditions for children in 2008.
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