Table 2. 12-month percent change in employer costs per hour worked for health insurance, private industry, 1981-2001
Year March June September December

1981

14.5 15.6 16.0 17.1

1982

14.7 16.2 18.1 18.3

1983

23.5 22.4 21.3 20.4

1984

17.6 15.9 13.1 12.5

1985

8.5 6.7 6.5 5.2

1986

3.9 3.5 3.6 4.1

1987

4.7 6.1 5.5 6.3

1988

10.5 12.2 13.9 14.7

1989

13.6 13.4 13.7 12.8

1990

12.2 12.0 11.5 11.3

1991

11.5 11.1 10.9 11.2

1992

10.3 9.6 9.2 8.6

1993

8.1 7.8 7.2 6.9

1994

5.7 5.0 4.3 3.0

1995

1.6 0.6 -0.1 0.1

1996

-0.3 0.1 0.7 0.4

1997

0.2 0.7 0.8 0.9

1998

2.2 2.6 2.2 2.5

1999

3.7 4.0 5.0 5.8

2000

7.6 8.0 8.5 8.5

2001

8.1 8.6 8.7 9.2