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Obesity Statistics


NIH Disease Funding table: Special Areas of Interest

Research/Disease Areas
(Dollars in millions)

FY 2002
Actual

 

FY 2003
Estimate

 

FY 2004
Estimate

 

Aging Research

$1,900.4

 

$2,048.1

 

$2,119.9

AIDS (Budget Authority)

2,499.5

 

2,759.9

 

2,869.9

 

Minority AIDS

516.7

 

566.4

 

585.9

 

Pediatric AIDS

294.3

 

316.8

 

328.6

 

Vaccines AIDS

329.4

 

413.6

 

456.3

             

ALS

34.9

 

37.6

 

38.4

Alzheimer's Disease

594.7

 

640.5

 

663.8

Anthrax Research

48.4

 

79.3

 

132.2

Arthritis Research

350.9

 

375.0

 

387.7

Asthma

231.0

 

254.2

 

262.2

             

Autism

73.9

 

81.3

 

84.2

Autoimmune Disease

556.6

 

602.3

 

626.3

Behavioral and Social Science

2,399.5

 

2,576.6

 

2,664.5

Bioengineering

825.9

 

907.6

 

938.6

Bioterrorism*

291.1

 

1,745.8

 

1,625.1

             

Brain Disorders

4,365.3

 

4,700.0

 

4,873.5

Cancer Research

4,922.7

 

5,441.2

 

5,644.9

Breast Cancer

640.4

 

698.0

 

720.2

Lung Cancer

259.0

 

280.6

 

290.3

Ovarian Cancer

109.4

 

118.2

 

122.0

             

Prostate Cancer

345.3

 

387.5

 

399.9

Cardiovascular Research

2,047.5

 

2,192.4

 

2,254.9

Clinical Research

7,642.3

 

8,381.2

 

8,659.1

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

252.9

 

273.4

 

282.3

Cystic Fibrosis

113.4

 

120.7

 

124.6

             

Diabetes Research**

790.3

 

860.5

 

946.0

Diagnostic Radiology

593.0

 

658.5

 

679.7

Emerging Infectious Diseases

340.0

 

1,087.6

 

1,686.2

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

7.2

 

7.5

 

7.7

Fibromyalgia

10.1

 

11.1

 

11.0

             

Gene Therapy

379.7

 

409.8

 

422.7

Hepatitis - C

94.9

 

104.1

 

108.3

Hypertension

330.4

 

354.5

 

362.1

Infant Mortality/ (Low Birth Weight)

496.6

 

542.6

 

564.3

Kidney Disease

346.0

 

375.4

 

389.8

             

Lupus

82.5

 

89.9

 

92.3

Mental Health

1,624.4

 

1,743.2

 

1,806.8

Multiple Sclerosis

89.3

 

95.3

 

97.3

Muscular Dystrophy

27.6

 

31.4

 

32.3

Neurosciences Research

4,305.9

 

4,638.5

 

4,811.9

             

Nutrition

922.0

 

987.0

 

1,021.5

Obesity

297.2

 

320.3

 

332.3

Osteoporosis

197.5

 

213.7

 

221.6

Parkinson's Disease

210.7

 

233.2

 

242.3

Pediatric Research

2,828.6

 

3,046.3

 

3,164.3

             

Polycystic Kidney Disease

25.4

 

27.5

 

28.5

Prevention

5,781.0

 

6,594.4

 

6,810.8

Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Herpes

217.1

 

244.1

 

254.1

Schizophrenia

313.1

 

338.0

 

350.2

Sickle Cell Disease

83.2

 

89.1

 

91.6

             

Sleep Disorders

175.0

 

188.2

 

194.2

Small Pox

69.2

 

71.2

 

79.4

Smoking and Health

501.6

 

542.8

 

561.7

Spinal Cord Injury

80.8

 

89.2

 

91.6

Stroke

288.0

 

312.7

 

321.2

             

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

64.7

 

69.7

 

72.6

Topical Microbicides

55.8

 

71.0

 

76.3

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE)

27.3

 

29.4

 

30.5

Tuberculosis Research

95.7

 

105.3

 

109.1

Vaccine Development

610.2

 

962.0

 

988.2

             

West Nile Virus

18.3

 

27.9

 

40.2

Women's Health

3,058.5

 

3,311.7

 

3,433.3

           

*FY 2002 includes $180 million appropriated to the PHS Emergency Supplemental Fund (P.L. 107-117)
** Includes funds for Type 1 diabetes research in accordance with the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33, FY 1998 through FY2002) and P.L. 106-554 (FY2001 -FY2003); $97 million in FY 2002, $100 million in FY 2003, and $150 million in FY 2004.

Source: http://www.nih.gov/news/fundingresearchareas.htm

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