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Property, plant and equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, plant and equipment | Property, plant and equipment Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (dollar amounts in millions):
|  |  | December 31,
| Useful life (in years) |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Land | — |  | $ | 265 |  |  | $ | 283 |
Buildings and improvements | 10-40 |  | 3,616 |  |  | 3,507 |
Manufacturing equipment | 8-12 |  | 2,418 |  |  | 2,372 |
Laboratory equipment | 8-12 |  | 1,174 |  |  | 1,179 |
Capitalized software | 3-5 |  | 1,124 |  |  | 1,150 |
Other | 3-15 |  | 3,204 |  |  | 3,254 |
Construction in progress | — |  | 953 |  |  | 834 |
Property, plant and equipment, gross |  |  | 12,754 |  |  | 12,579 |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (7,796 | ) |  | (7,590 | )
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | $ | 4,958 |  |  | $ | 4,989 |
During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we recognized depreciation and amortization expense associated with our property, plant and equipment of $630 million, $604 million and $619 million, respectively. Geographic information Certain geographic information with respect to property, plant and equipment, net (long-lived assets), was as follows (in millions):
| December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
United States | $ | 2,373 |  |  | $ | 2,349 |
Puerto Rico | 1,476 |  |  | 1,527 |
ROW | 1,109 |  |  | 1,113 |
Total property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 4,958 |  |  | $ | 4,989 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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