Medical Care Costs and Inflation

Consumer Price Index

All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

Base Period: 1982-1984 = 100

Year

Medical Care Anchorage

All Items Anchorage

Medical Care U.S. City Average

 

1971

35.2

42.3

36.1

 

1972

35.8

43.4

37.3

 

1973

37.3

45.3

38.8

 

1974

41.5

50.2

42.4

 

1975

46.9

57.1

47.5

 

1976

52.6

61.5

52

 

1977

57.9

65.6

57

 

1978

63.4

70.2

61.8

 

1979

69.1

77.6

67.5

 

1980

78.8

85.5

74.9

 

1981

86.9

92.4

82.9

 

1982

94.8

97.4

92.5

 

1983

99.7

99.2

100.6

 

1984

105.5

103.3

106.8

 

1985

110.9

105.8

113.5

 

1986

127.8

107.7

122

 

1987

137

107.9

130.1

 

1988

145.8

108.3

138.6

 

1989

154.4

111.3

149.3

 

1990

161.2

118.4

162.8

 

1991

173.5

123.8

177

 

1992

183

128

190.1

 

1993

189.6

132

201.4

 

1994

197.8

134.8

211

 

1995

211.6

138.5

220.5

 

1996

231.1

142.75

228.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1996.