United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

368 National Defense and Veterans Affairs
No. 617. V eterans Be n e fits— Expenditures, by Program: 1970 t o 1961
[to millions of dollars. For years ending June 30 except, beginning 1977, ending Sept. 30. Ail data are on an accrued
expenditure basis.]
program 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 I960 1981
Total' ......................... .......................... 10(301 13,974 16,282 18,003 20,168 20,285 20,937 22,178 23,187 25,203
Compensation and pensions *........................ 5,330 6,519 6,735 7,551 8,242 9,038 9,630 10,540 11,257 12,492
Educational assistance and readjustment
benefits.......................................... 1,047 2,745 3,269 4,529 5,543 3,691 3,337 2,800 2,383 2,333
Post-Korean veterans education3............... 939 2,513 3,006 4,165 5,029 3,567 3,027 2,450 2,066 1,972
Dependents' educational assistance........... 52 100 116 163 186 202 217 204 194 205
Vocational rehabilitation............... ............„ 42 72 68 73 85 101 100 96 66 114
Automobiles, etc., for disabled veterans........ 6 7 5 17 19 13 14 12 12 12
Housing for paraplegics............................ 8 13 11 14 14 14 14j 23 19 16
Changes in receivables.............................. 1 40 63 97 210 -6 -3 5 15 2 14
Medical services and administ. expenses....... '2,009 2,966 3,290 3,919 3,997 5,073 5,684 6,206 6,647 7,199
Hospital and domiciliary construction5............ 75 95 109 136 224 262 288 293 342 456
Insurance and indemnities............................. 1,181 965 1,126 1.345 1,249 1,028 1,009 1,433 1,637 1,693
Loan guaranty revolving fu n d ......................... 249 373 449 423 484 521 514 453 445 553
Direct loans................................................... 180 104 82 84 89 97 73 57 49 19
Miscellaneous expenditures............................ 131 206 221 17 340 374 402 396 427 459
’ Excludes expenditures from personal funds of patients. Includes expenditures from VA Revolving Supply Fund and insurance
trust funds. ‘ Includes expenditures for statutory burial awards, special clothing allowance, mortgage life insurance, invalid lifts,
headstones and markers, and other expenses. ’ Includes Post-Vietnam veterans. 'Includes National Cancer Institute
expenditures (transfer to Veterans Administration). 5 includes construction grants for State extended care faculties. 1975 and
later years include expenditures for health manpower training facilities.
Source: U.S, Veterans Administration, A n n u a l R e p o rt o f A dm inistrato r o f Veterans A ffairs.
No. 618. V eterans Benefits— S elected Federal Expenditures, Sta te s and Oth er Ar ea s:
1981
Iln millions of dollars. Year ending 8ept. 30. State data are estimates]
STATE OR OTHER
AREA
Total
expenditures
1
Compensation
and
pensions
*
Education
and
training3
Medical
services
Insurance
and
indemnities
STATE OR OTHER
AREA
Total
expenditures
1
Compensation
and
pensions
2
Education
and
training
3
Medical
services
Insurance
and
indemnities
Total................ 23,449 12,225 2,173 7,201 1,290
U.S........ ................ 22,937 11,846 2,132 7,117 1,283
Ala...................... 471 248 60 128 22
Alaska................. 36 10 4 21 1
Ariz..... ................ 349 160 46 99 21
Ark...................... 401 215 28 100 14
Calif................... - 2,192 1,005 268 720 148
Colo..................... 309 146 44 68 21
Conn.................... 229 113 17 78 19
Del...................... 62 27 5 26 4
D.C..................... 527 45 5 442 3
Fla...................... 1,349 809 117 298 82
Qa....................... 617 360 63 152 27
Hawaii................. 71 34 14 16 6
Idaho................... 79 44 10 19 4
Ill................... ..... 838 335 75 353 63
Ind..................... 387 211 41 106 22
Iowa-................. . 256 119 18 86 17
Kans.................... 236 110 23j 87 14
Ky....................... 377 229 35 94 16
La..... .................. 408 235 32 112 22
Maine................... 140 84 11 37 6
Md....................... 333 185 34 66 24
Mass 699 388 45 216 41
Mich 634 363 63 171 30
Minn 363 184 36 132 24
Miss
Mo.......................
322
512
195
268
21
46
86
176
13
26
Mont.................... 79 42 8 22 5
Nebr.................... 164 7 5 , 18 60 8
Nev...................... 87 43 9 2 7 j 3
N.H..................... 100 60 10 21 6
NJ...................... 509 294 32 126 50
N. Mex............... 173 100 20 42 8
N.Y..................... 1,633 814 63 609 101
N.C..................... 617 370 76 144 2 2
N. Dak................ 58 25 7 21 4
671 469 71 261 53
Okla..................... 396 251 36 76 19
301 142 30 104 15
Pa!!. 1,071 597 59 328 69
R.l... 111 62 8 35 4
S.C.. 325 175 50 78 17
S. Dak 106 42 7 53 4
Tenn 540 279 51 178 18
Tex. 1,579 901 167 408 80
Utah 129 47 18 49 4
Vt.... 6 2 31 3 23 2
Va... 628 330 67 150 31
Wash 443 220 64 106 30
W. Va 266 131 15 86 10
Wis. 412 199 33 143 30
Wyo 51 20 4 25 1
P. Rico................... 314 206 22 82 2
Outlying areas......... 4 3 1 ~ -
Foreign.................. 194 167 19 2 5
- Represents zero. ’ includes expenditures not shown separately. Excludes $1,754 million, shown in table 617 for expenditures
not distributed by States. ‘ Excludes statutory burial awards and other expenses which are included in table 617.
3 Educational assistance for wives and widows, sons and daughters of deceased or totally disabled veterans, and post-Korean
conflict veterans. Excludes benefits paid to disabled veterans training under the Vocational Rehabilitation program.
Source: U.S. Veterans Administration, A n n u a l R e p o rt o f A dm inistrato r o f Veterans A ffairs,