Looking for where the most dollars go in health care spending?

Check out diabetes ($101 billion), ischemic heart disease ($88.1 billion) and low back and neck pain ($87.6 billion)

These three categories topped the list in spending in 2013, and along with hypertension and injuries from falls, made up 18 percent of all personal health spending and totaled $437 billion in 2013.

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