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Medical Care Costs and Inflation |
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Consumer Price Index |
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All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) |
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Base Period: 1982-1984 = 100 |
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Year |
Medical Care Anchorage |
All Items Anchorage |
Medical Care U.S. City Average |
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1971 |
35.2 |
42.3 |
36.1 |
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1972 |
35.8 |
43.4 |
37.3 |
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1973 |
37.3 |
45.3 |
38.8 |
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1974 |
41.5 |
50.2 |
42.4 |
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1975 |
46.9 |
57.1 |
47.5 |
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1976 |
52.6 |
61.5 |
52 |
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1977 |
57.9 |
65.6 |
57 |
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1978 |
63.4 |
70.2 |
61.8 |
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1979 |
69.1 |
77.6 |
67.5 |
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1980 |
78.8 |
85.5 |
74.9 |
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1981 |
86.9 |
92.4 |
82.9 |
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1982 |
94.8 |
97.4 |
92.5 |
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1983 |
99.7 |
99.2 |
100.6 |
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1984 |
105.5 |
103.3 |
106.8 |
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1985 |
110.9 |
105.8 |
113.5 |
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1986 |
127.8 |
107.7 |
122 |
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1987 |
137 |
107.9 |
130.1 |
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1988 |
145.8 |
108.3 |
138.6 |
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1989 |
154.4 |
111.3 |
149.3 |
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1990 |
161.2 |
118.4 |
162.8 |
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1991 |
173.5 |
123.8 |
177 |
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1992 |
183 |
128 |
190.1 |
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1993 |
189.6 |
132 |
201.4 |
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1994 |
197.8 |
134.8 |
211 |
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1995 |
211.6 |
138.5 |
220.5 |
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1996 |
231.1 |
142.75 |
228.2 |
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Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1996. |
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