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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 15.1 percent over the period 2000-2004. This
was nearly double Hawai'i's overall inflation rate of 8.1 percent for the same
period. Over the past ten years, the average inflation rate for medical care
was nearly 2.5 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 2000-2004 was 19 percent, or almost 2 times the overall rate of 9.7 percent. Over the past ten years, the average inflation rate for medical care nationally was 1.7 times higher than the overall inflation rate.
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