U.S. Periodical Prices—2002

   

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TABLE VII: Medicine
(0 titles dropped; 0 titles added) (88% of the titles increased in price)
Year Number of Titles Average Price Percentage Increase Index
1984 182 125.57 — 100.0
1985 182 137.92 9.8 109.8
1986 182 151.77 10.0 120.9
1987 182 169.36 11.6 134.9
1988 182 180.67 6.7 143.9
1989 182 199.22 10.3 158.7
1990 182 217.87 9.4 173.5
1991 182 249.94 14.7 199.0
1992 182 276.01 10.4 219.8
1993 182 288.38 4.5 229.7
1994 182 321.39 11.4 255.9
1995 182 362.52 12.8 288.7
1996 182 410.66 13.3 327.0
1997 182 461.60 12.4 367.6
1998 182 524.65 13.7 417.8
1999 182 597.03 13.8 475.5
2000 182 663.21 11.1 528.2
2001 182 726.61 9.6 578.6
2002 182 789.44 8.6 628.7