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Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates (Detail) - Pre Sixty Five Coverage | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of Pension Expected Future Benefit Payments [Line Items] |
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation | 7.60%
Net periodic postretirement benefit obligation | 7.60%
Ultimate health care cost trend | 4.54%
Ultimate year health care cost trend rate is achieved | 2038
Net periodic postretirement benefit obligation December 31, 2018 | 7.45%

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- Definition Assumed rate, for next fiscal year, based on annual change in cost of health care cost benefits used to measure expected cost of benefits covered by defined benefit postretirement plan. Factors include, but are not limited to, estimate of health care inflation, change in health care utilization or delivery pattern, technological advances, and change in health status of participant. Excludes factors for change in composition of plan population by age and dependency status. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (l) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=108410482&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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