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Ames, Iowa vs. Stokesdale, North Carolina

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Health
  11.1% lower in Stokesdale, North Carolina
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAStokesdale, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2131.5100  16.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAStokesdale, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.586.6100  10.3%
Heart Failure95.195.6100  0.5%
Hip Knee Replacement95.696.8100  1.3%
Pneumonia93.595.6100  2.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAStokesdale, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$19,980$23,281  10.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,362$16,237  0.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,431$22,499  1.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,081$17,007  2.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAStokesdale, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%6.0%3.1%  27.7%
2015-201613.2%23.1%12.5%  75.0%
2016-201726.3%39.6%57.9%  50.6%
2017-201888.1%15.5%19.0%  82.4%
2018-20196.9%-1.4%-2.2%  120.3%
Since 2014201.2%107.4%113.3%  46.6%
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