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The given table illustrates how different regions invested on health in 2002, categorized into total, public and private spending. Overall, a dominant trend across all five regions was that the share of public budget outweighed that of personal expenditure. Noticeably, France, Germany and USA exposed themselves as countries with the highest level of investment in health, in which France secured the peak position. In contrast, while Italy and Japan shared merely similar commitment to health in total, Japan showed the most minimal private contribution in this comparison. France exhibited the most substantial commitment to health, with a peak total spending of 11.4%, driven mostly by 8.6% of public allocation.This Germany with 9.3% in total and 7.0% from public funds, exceeding that of the USA, 8.6% and 6% respectively. In terms of two regions with the lowest level of expenditure in health, while Italy and Japan merely shared the total spending, 7.7% and 7.2% respectively, Japan allocated a more significant public investment than Italy, with 5.8% compared to 5.3%. In terms of personal spending, France remained the leader with 2.8% commitment coming from the personal budget, which was exactly doubt that of Japan with just 1.4% . Despite being the second-highest in total and public spending sectors, the private spending of Germany(2.3%) was lower than that of the USA with a disparity of 0.3%. More surprisingly, Italy also outweighed Germany in this category with 2.6% of private expenditure albeit being the second-lowest total spending country.