Essex, Connecticut vs. Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Health
  13.9% lower in Cambridge, Massachusetts
than in Essex, Connecticut
   Insurance cost
Essex, CTCambridge, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium89.463.3100  29.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Essex, CTCambridge, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack99102.6100  3.6%
Heart Failure103103100  0.0%
Hip Knee Replacement111.4106.3100  4.6%
Pneumonia103.1100.7100  2.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Essex, CTCambridge, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,850$23,684$23,281  3.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,545$16,555$16,237  0.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,663$23,539$22,499  4.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,334$16,933$17,007  2.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Essex, CTCambridge, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%-2.6%3.1%  18.2%
2015-20160.0%-1.5%12.5%  ∞%
2016-201717.3%-2.7%57.9%  115.6%
2017-201831.6%26.4%19.0%  16.5%
2018-2019-12.8%5.1%-2.2%  139.8%
Since 201431.6%23.9%113.3%  24.4%
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