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Ames, Iowa vs. Sheldon, Iowa

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Health
  1.9% lower in Sheldon, Iowa
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IASheldon, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2148.2100  5.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IASheldon, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.595.5100  1.0%
Heart Failure95.1107.6100  13.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.691.3100  4.5%
Pneumonia93.5116.7100  24.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IASheldon, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,044$23,281  1.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,297$16,237  13.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,208$22,499  4.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$19,616$17,007  24.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IASheldon, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.7%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201613.2%13.2%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201726.3%26.3%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201888.1%88.1%19.0%  0.0%
2018-20196.9%6.9%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014201.2%201.2%113.3%  0.0%
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