To produce the annual index, International Living considers nine categories: Cost of Living, Culture and Leisure, Economy, Environment, Freedom, Health, Infrastructure, Safety and Risk, and Climate.

《国际生活》杂志主要根据九大因素得出了这一年度指数，其中包括：生活成本、文化休閒、 经济、环境、自由度、健康、基础设施、安全风险和气候。

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But the Employment Cost Index shows that the average value of health benefits rose 18 percent from 1998 to 2008, adjusting for inflation.

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Put aside for the moment the impossibility of concocting a true price index the Consumer Price Index, for example, allocates less than 1% of the cost of living to health insurance!

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