Birmingham, Alabama vs. Niagara Falls, New York

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Health
  4.5% lower in Niagara Falls, New York
than in Birmingham, Alabama
   Insurance cost
Birmingham, ALNiagara Falls, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium100.894.8100  6.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Birmingham, ALNiagara Falls, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.2100.5100  3.4%
Heart Failure101.892.7100  8.9%
Hip Knee Replacement103.9102.6100  1.3%
Pneumonia104.790.4100  13.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Birmingham, ALNiagara Falls, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,431$23,193$23,281  3.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$14,889$16,237  9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,011$22,707$22,499  1.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,608$15,209$17,007  13.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Birmingham, ALNiagara Falls, NYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%10.8%3.1%  248.4%
2015-201612.5%3.4%12.5%  72.8%
2016-201757.9%15.5%57.9%  73.2%
2017-201819.0%11.5%19.0%  39.5%
2018-2019-2.2%12.5%-2.2%  668.2%
Since 2014113.3%65.9%113.3%  41.8%
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