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INSURANCE AND OTHER CONSUMER EXPENDITURES AS A PERCENT OF TOTAL HOUSEHOLD SPENDING, 1990-2009 (1)
  1990 1995 2000 2005 2007 2008 2009
Housing   30.0% 31.7% 31.7% 31.9% 33.3% 33.1% 33.7%
Transportation   15.9 16.4 17.5 16.0 15.5 14.8 13.4
Food   15.0 14.0 13.6 12.8 12.4 12.8 13.0
Retirement (2)   8.8 8.0 7.8 10.4 10.1 10.5 10.5
Other   10.6 10.2 10.5 10.4 10.2 10.1 10.4
Total insurance   5.8 6.8 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.9 7.2
     Health   2.0 2.7 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.6
     Vehicle   2.0 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.2 2.2
     Homeowners   0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
     Life   1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
     Other   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 (3) (3)
Entertainment   5.0 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.5
Clothing   5.7 5.3 4.9 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.5
Healthcare   3.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.7

(1) Ranked by 2009 data.
(2) Mostly payroll deductions for retirement purposes such as Social Security (77%) and private pension plans (14%) and nonpayroll deposits such as IRAs (9%) in 2009.
(3) Less than 0.1 percent.

Note: Percentages may not add due to rounding.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.