Amherst, New York vs. New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Health
  6.9% lower in New Brunswick, New Jersey
than in Amherst, New York
   Insurance cost
Amherst, NYNew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium94.866.8100  29.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Amherst, NYNew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack99.1114.4100  15.4%
Heart Failure94.8114.7100  21.0%
Hip Knee Replacement100.6116.5100  15.8%
Pneumonia103.6108.3100  4.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Amherst, NYNew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,862$26,403$23,281  15.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,231$18,426$16,237  21.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,271$25,783$22,499  15.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,416$18,209$17,007  4.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Amherst, NYNew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%-2.2%3.1%  120.4%
2015-20163.4%5.1%12.5%  50.0%
2016-201715.5%4.8%57.9%  69.0%
2017-201811.5%18.7%19.0%  62.6%
2018-201912.5%-14.8%-2.2%  218.4%
Since 201465.9%9.0%113.3%  86.3%
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