6-3 Consumer Price Indices by Category
| (2002) |  | (Preceding year=100)
Item |  |  |
Province | Urban Areas | Rural Areas
General Consumer Price Index | 99.4 | 98.9 | 100.9
Food | 97.3 | 96.6 | 99
Grain | 97.8 | 97 | 99.9
Rice | 97.8 | 96.6 | 101.4
Flour | 97.7 | 96.5 | 100.3
Grain Products | 98.2 | 99 | 95.8
The Others | 101.7 | 105.2 | 97.9
Starches and Tubers | 98.4 | 97.4 | 101.6
Bean and Its Products | 95.4 | 94.9 | 97.6
Oil or Fat | 97 | 95.2 | 99
Meat, Poultry and Their Products | 99.4 | 99 | 100.8
Eggs | 92.3 | 91.6 | 95.6
Aquatic Products | 92.8 | 91.2 | 99.7
Vegetables | 83.3 | 82.2 | 86.5
Fresh Vegetables | 82.8 | 80.8 | 90.2
Dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 106.1 | 106.8 | 99
Flavoring | 103.4 | 105.2 | 99.6
Carbohydrate Products | 100.8 | 101.3 | 99.1
Sugar | 96.4 | 95.1 | 99.2
Candy | 100.6 | 100.9 | 99.6
Chocolate Goods | 108.3 | 111 | 100
Carbohydrate | 97.6 | 98.7 | 94.3
Tea and Beverages | 99 | 98.5 | 100.7
Dried and Fresh Melons and Fruits | 100.6 | 100.1 | 100.6
Fresh Fruits | 100.3 | 100.1 | 97.1
Dried（nut）Fruits and Melon and Fruits Products | 101.9 | 100.5 | 106.5
Cake, Cookie, Bread | 99.7 | 99.3 | 101.2
Milk and Its Products | 99.4 | 100.3 | 99.3
Catering Trade | 98.6 | 98.2 | 100.2
Staple Food | 99.2 | 99.5 | 97.7
Fried Dishes | 98.1 | 97 | 102.9
Local Snack | 99.5 | 100 | 98.5
Other Food and Food Processing | 100.5 | 101 | 99.4
Tobacco, Liquor and Articles | 99.2 | 99 | 99.7
Tobacco | 98.9 | 98.7 | 99.2
Liquor | 99.7 | 99.7 | 99.9
Articles | 98.7 | 98.2 | 100.9
Clothing | 99.5 | 99.5 | 99.8
Garments | 99.5 | 99.4 | 100
Clothing Material | 98.3 | 97.8 | 99.6
Cotton Cloth | 97.6 | 97.7 | 98.2
Blend Cloth | 100.4 | 100.6 | 100.3
Chemical Fiber Cloth | 98.1 | 96 | 101
Woolen Fabric | 96.6 | 96.3 | 97.8
Silk | 99.4 | 98.9 | 100.4
Wool | 99.4 | 99.5 | 99
The Others | 99.1 | 98.9 | 99.8
Footwear and Hats | 100.3 | 100.6 | 99.6
Shoes | 100.5 | 100.6 | 100.1
Socks and Stockings | 100 | 99.9 | 99.7
Hats | 96.4 | 100.2 | 93.3
Clothing Processing | 98.9 | 98 | 102.7
Household Facilities and Articles | 98.4 | 98.4 | 98
Durable Consumer Goods | 97.9 | 97.8 | 97.3
Furniture | 98.8 | 98.3 | 99.5
Household Facilities | 97.3 | 97.5 | 95.1
Interior Decorations | 99 | 99.1 | 98.6
Bed Articles | 98.3 | 98.4 | 97.7
Daily Use Household Articles | 97.8 | 98.1 | 97.1
Household Service | 101.3 | 101 | 103.5
Medicine and Personal Articles | 101.4 | 100.1 | 105.4
Medicine | 102.5 | 100.6 | 108.7
Medical Appliances and Articles | 98.7 | 97.8 | 100.8
Traditional Chinese Medicine | 100.4 | 99.2 | 105
Western Medicine | 100.8 | 102 | 97.2
Constitutional Appliances and Articles | 96.7 | 95.5 | 99.9
Medical and Health Service | 109.2 | 101 | 127.6
Personal Articles and Services | 98.8 | 98.6 | 99.2
Transportation and Communication | 101.7 | 102.7 | 97.1
Transportation | 103 | 104.2 | 98.4
Communication | 99.3 | 100.1 | 94.7
Recreation, Education, Culture Articles and Services | 99.2 | 98.9 | 100
Durable Consumer Goods for Recreationl Use | 92.3 | 91.9 | 93.5
Education | 101.8 | 102.3 | 100.6
Cultural and Recreational Articles | 101.5 | 101.4 | 102.1
Culture and Recreation | 99.9 | 99.7 | 101.3
Newspapers and Magazines | 101.7 | 101.5 | 103.3
Recreation | 103 | 103.1 | 102.3
Touristry and Outside | 88.5 | 85.7 | 99.2
Residence | 102.9 | 101.3 | 105.5
Builing and handling Materials | 99.2 | 98 | 100.9
Tenancy | 100.2 | 99.9 | 101.9
Housing | 98.2 | 97.1 | 103.6
Water, Electricity and Fuels | 109.6 | 106.5 | 114.9
Services | 101.8 | 101.2 | 103.7