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Ames, Iowa vs. Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Health
  22.2% lower in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.292.3100  41.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.592100  4.7%
Heart Failure95.1102.9100  8.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6118.4100  23.8%
Pneumonia93.5101.2100  8.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,218$23,281  4.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,542$16,237  8.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$26,216$22,499  23.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,010$17,007  8.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAChapel Hill, 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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