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Title:               Individual Income Tax Filing: Itemized Deductions: Medical and Dental Expense
Series ID:           IMZDDMDE
Source:              U.S. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service
Release:             SOI Tax Stats - Historical Data Tables (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Number of Returns
Date Range:          1999-01-01 to 2016-01-01
Last Updated:        2018-12-19 1:31 PM CST
Notes:               Deductible medical and dental expenses were limited, based on a
                     percentage of AGI. The definition of expenses includes payments for
                     certain long-term care insurance premiums and for the unreimbursed
                     cost of certain long-term care of a chronically ill individual. 
                     
                     For additional information about the return filing requirements, see
                     the annual reports, Statistics of Income-Individual Income Tax Returns
                     at https://www.irs.gov/uac/soi-tax-stats-historical-data-tables.

DATE           VALUE
1999-01-01   5884418
2000-01-01   6513104
2001-01-01   7571522
2002-01-01   8547481
2003-01-01   8678320
2004-01-01   9530675
2005-01-01   9917189
2006-01-01  10208792
2007-01-01  10520269
2008-01-01  10155306
2009-01-01  10090297
2010-01-01  10431416
2011-01-01  10382559
2012-01-01  10215951
2013-01-01   8997721
2014-01-01   8606481
2015-01-01   8776985
2016-01-01   8934264