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TOPIC: The chart below shows the health spending among 5 different countries in 2002.

The graph illustrates the money spent on health in five various countries in 2002.

Overall, The USA spent the highest amount of money on health. While the proportions of health spending in Japan and Italy were similar, the figures for France and German were almost the same with each other and became the second highest in 2002.

In 2002, the amount of money spent on health in the USA came the largest with 14% of that used for total spending, 10% for public spending and 12% for private one. However, the same health spending can be found in France and German for the total and public at 12% and roughly 8%, respectively. Private spending in France was at the rate of approximately 2% while that in German was at 4%. Yet, the percentage of total spending in Japan was the same as that of public spending in France whereas the figure for Italy was a bit higher. About 4% of amount of money spent on public spending in Japan and 2% of that used for private health purpose. A similar pattern can be seen in the proportion of public spending and private spending in Italy at roughly 5% and about 3%, respectively.