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Hawai`i's Medical Care Inflation:
Hawai'i's inflation rate for medical care, as reflected by the Consumer Price
Index (CPI) for urban Honolulu, was 15.2 percent over the period 2004-2008. This
was 1.3 times higher than Hawai'i's overall inflation rate of 20.1 percent for the same
period. Over the past ten years, the average inflation rate for medical care
was nearly 1.2 times higher than the overall inflation rate.
Higher U.S. Medical Care Inflation:
By contrast, the U.S. inflation rate for medical care over the period 2004-2008 was 17.4 percent, or almost 1.2 times the overall rate of 14.0 percent. Over the past ten years, the average inflation rate for medical care nationally was 1.6 times higher than the overall inflation rate.
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