PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (ALL GROUPS) BY REGION, 1975– 2003
	All Jamaica		K.M.A		Other Towns		Rural Areas
Year	Point- to- Point (Dec.) Annual	Mean Annual	Point- to- Point (Dec.) Annual	Mean Annual	Point- to- Point (Dec.) Annual	Mean Annual	Point- to- Point (Dec.) Annual	Mean Annual
1975	15.7	17.4	14.7	16.6	14.9	17.7	7.9	18.5
1976	8.4	10.0	9.9	10.6	6.7	9.8	7.8	9.0
1977	14.3	11.4	15.1	12.4	15.5	11.1	11.6	10.1
1978	49.4	34.9	47.1	34.1	51.3	37.0	50.9	35.6
1979	19.4	28.7	18.7	27.2	20.6	30.2	20.2	29.6
1980	29.0	27.0	28.8	25.7	27.2	26.7	31.5	29.6
1981	4.6	11.9	5.2	14.5	4.2	10.4	4.1	12.0
1982	6.5	6.5	4.5	5.4	8.4	7.8	7.6	6.8
1983	16.7	11.3	17.7	11.2	16.5	11.7	15.3	11.1
1984	31.2	27.8	30.4	27.7	30.7	27.8	33.0	28.0
1985	23.0	25.7	20.7	23.8	25.9	27.2	23.4	26.7
1986	10.4	14.7	10.5	14.5	9.5	15.6	11.4	15.4
1987	8.4	6.7	7.5	6.5	9.3	6.4	8.7	7.4
1988	8.8	8.2	8.8	7.3	7.4	8.2	10.5	9.6
1989	17.2	14.3	16.1	14.2	17.2	13.1	18.8	15.3
1990	29.8	22.0	30.8	21.7	30.4	22.5	28.2	22.1
1991	80.2	51.0	77.7	50.2	81.9	51.5	82.3	51.7
1992	40.2	77.3	39.1	76.6	39.3	78.3	42.1	77.6
1993	30.1	22.1	31.5	21.9	30.1	21.8	28.5	22.5
1994	26.8	35.1	26.6	35.6	26.3	34.6	27.3	34.7
1995	25.6	19.9	24.9	19.9	27.3	19.6	25.4	20.1
1996	15.8	26.4	16.5	25.7	14.8	28.4	15.6	26.1
1997	9.2	9.7	9.5	10.7	8.3	7.8	9.3	9.5
1998	7.9	8.6	8.9	9.9	6.7	7.4	7.1	11.3
1999	6.8	6.0	7.3	6.3	6.5	5.2	6.2	6.0
2000	6.1	8.2	7.5	8.7	5.4	8.4	4.6	7.4
2001	8.8	7.0	9.7	9.8	9.1	6.5	6.9	4.6
2002	7.3	7.1	6.8	7.4	6.5	7.7	8.3	6.3
2003	14.1	10.3	14.4	9.7	14.8	10.6	13.3	11.1