Ames, Iowa vs. Little Rock, Arkansas

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Health
  31.7% lower in Little Rock, Arkansas
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALittle Rock, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.272.7100  53.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALittle Rock, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102.3100  6.0%
Heart Failure95.1106.6100  12.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.690.9100  4.9%
Pneumonia93.5106.8100  14.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALittle Rock, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,608$23,281  6.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,131$16,237  12.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,116$22,499  4.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,962$17,007  14.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALittle Rock, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-3.1%3.1%  166.0%
2015-201613.2%4.6%12.5%  65.2%
2016-201726.3%-5.7%57.9%  121.7%
2017-201888.1%29.5%19.0%  66.5%
2018-20196.9%3.8%-2.2%  44.9%
Since 2014201.2%28.6%113.3%  85.8%
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