NAIROBI, July 1 (Reuters) - Kenya's headline inflation rate

slid to 17.8 percent in June compared with 19.5 percent in May,

official data showed on Wednesday.

Following is a breakdown of the CPI data:

BROAD ITEM GROUP WEIGHT % CHANGE % CHANGE

VS MAY 09 VS JUNE 08

Food and Non-alcoholic drinks 50.50 - 2.6 23.4

Alcohol & Tobacco 2.97 0.6 8.6

Clothing & Footwear 9.00 0.3 5.1

Housing Costs 11.74 0.1 9.5

Fuel & Power 4.18 0.0 -2.6

Household Goods & Services 5.82 0.3 9.5

Medical Goods & Services 1.59 0.6 15.3

Transport & Communication 5.75 0.0 1.6

Recreation & Education 6.02 0.5 6.1

Personal Goods 2.45 0.6 11.5

AVERAGE ALL GROUPS 100.00 -1.8 17.8

Keywords: KENYA INFLATION/

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