Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

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			Total	By insurance companies			Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans	Other plans
			Total	Group policies	Individual/family policies
Row	Year		Million	Million	Million	Million	Million	Million
1	1940		12.0	3.7	2.5	1.2	6.0	2.3
2	1945		32.0	10.5	7.8	2.7	18.9	2.7
3	1950		76.6	37.0	22.3	17.3	38.8	4.4
4	1955		101.4	53.5	38.6	19.9	50.7	6.5
5	1960		122.5	69.2	54.4	22.2	58.1	6.0

6	1961		125.8	70.4	56.1	22.4	58.7	7.1
7	1962		129.4	72.2	58.1	23.1	60.1	6.9
8	1963		133.5	74.5	61.5	23.5	61.0	7.2
9	1964		136.3	75.8	63.1	34.0	62.1	6.8
10	1965		138.7	77.6	65.4	24.4	63.3	7.0

11	1966		142.4	80.4	67.8	24.9	54.3	6.6
12	1967		146.4	82.6	71.5	24.6	67.2	7.1
13	1968		151.9	85.7	74.1	25.3	70.1	7.3
14	1969		155.0	88.8	77.9	25.9	82.7	7.7
15	1970		158.8	89.7	80.5	26.7	85.1	8.1

16	1971		161.8	91.5	80.6	27.8	76.5	8.5
17	1972		164.1	93.7	81.5	29.1	78.2	8.1
18	1973		168.5	94.5	83.6	27.5	81.3	9.6
19	1974		173.1	97.0	85.4	28.8	83.8	11.1
20	1975		178.2	99.5	87.2	30.1	86.4	13.1

21	1976		176.9	97.0	86.8	27.0	86.6	14.9
22	1977		179.9	100.4	89.2	28.7	86.0	18.1
23	1978		185.7	106.0	92.5	36.1	85.8	21.5
24	1979		185.7	104.1	94.1	34.4	86.1	25.5
25	1980		187.4	105.5	97.4	33.8	86.7	33.2

26	1981		186.2	105.9	103.0	25.3	85.8	40.3
27	1982		188.3	109.6	103.9	29.4	82.0	48.2
28	1983		186.6	105.9	104.6	22.2	79.6	53.6
29	1984		184.4	103.1	103.0	20.4	79.4	54.4
30	1985		181.3	100.4	99.5	21.2	78.7	55.1

31	1986		180.9	98.2	106.6	12.1	78.0	64.9
32	1987	¹	179.7	96.7	106.1	10.4	76.9	66.9
33	1988	¹	182.3	92.6	100.5	10.7	74.0	71.3
34	1989	²	182.5	88.9	98.7	10.0	72.5	78.6
35	1990	²	181.7	83.1	88.7	10.2	70.9	86.2

36	1991		181.0	78.0	83.3	9.9	68.1	93.5
37	1992		180.7	76.6	82.1	8.5	67.5	97.9
38	1993		180.9	74.7	80.9	7.4	65.9	105.7
39	1994		182.2	75.8	82.4	7.0	65.2	112.9
40	1995		185.3	76.6	83.3	7.0	65.6	120.1