Erie, Pennsylvania vs. Ketchikan, Alaska

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Health
  28.7% higher in Ketchikan, Alaska
than in Erie, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Erie, PAKetchikan, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63.9134.9100  111.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Erie, PAKetchikan, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.8101.5100  1.3%
Heart Failure106.289.3100  15.9%
Hip Knee Replacement124.289.5100  27.9%
Pneumonia111.175.9100  31.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Erie, PAKetchikan, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,718$23,416$23,281  1.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,064$14,346$16,237  15.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$27,496$19,825$22,499  27.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,682$12,766$17,007  31.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Erie, PAKetchikan, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%14.6%3.1%  958.8%
2015-201610.6%47.3%12.5%  346.2%
2016-201752.3%28.8%57.9%  44.9%
2017-201845.2%-21.6%19.0%  147.8%
2018-2019-15.8%-3.3%-2.2%  79.1%
Since 2014102.5%64.8%113.3%  36.8%
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