Table 4-6
The Consumer Price Index, major components and selected sub-groups, Canada, not seasonally adjusted — Health and personal care

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Health and personal care
  CANSIM vector number Indexes Percentage change
October  2009 September  2010 October  2010 September 2010 to October 2010 October 2009 to October 2010
    2002=100 %
Health and personal care (v41691153) 112.9 116.1 116.0 -0.1 2.7
Health care (v41691154) 117.5 119.5 119.1 -0.3 1.4
Health care goods (v41713463) 107.8 107.6 106.9 -0.7 -0.8
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (v41691156) 106.7 105.8 105.0 -0.8 -1.6
Prescribed medicines (v41691157) 105.1 100.2 99.5 -0.7 -5.3
Non-prescribed medicines (v41691158) 109.5 115.9 114.7 -1.0 4.7
Optical goods (v41713381) 109.7 111.3 111.2 -0.1 1.4
Health care services (v41713464) 131.0 136.0 136.0 0.0 3.8
Optical services (v41693244) 104.9 109.1 109.1 0.0 4.0
Dental care (v41691161) 127.6 132.7 132.7 0.0 4.0
Personal care (v41691163) 108.4 112.9 113.1 0.2 4.3
Personal care supplies and equipment (v41691164) 101.4 104.2 104.5 0.3 3.1
Personal care services (v41691169) 118.4 125.2 125.2 0.0 5.7