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Ames, Iowa vs. Selma, Alabama

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Health
  19.1% lower in Selma, Alabama
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IASelma, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2103.1100  34.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IASelma, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103.5100  7.3%
Heart Failure95.192.4100  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6106.4100  11.3%
Pneumonia93.595.5100  2.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IASelma, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,872$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$14,843$16,237  2.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,552$22,499  11.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,052$17,007  2.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IASelma, ALU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.1%3.1%  34.0%
2015-201613.2%12.5%12.5%  5.3%
2016-201726.3%57.9%57.9%  120.2%
2017-201888.1%19.0%19.0%  78.4%
2018-20196.9%-2.2%-2.2%  131.9%
Since 2014201.2%113.3%113.3%  43.7%
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