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Birmingham, Alabama vs. Sweetwater, Texas

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Health
  2.6% higher in Sweetwater, Texas
than in Birmingham, Alabama
   Insurance cost
Birmingham, ALSweetwater, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium100.8107.5100  6.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Birmingham, ALSweetwater, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.296.8100  0.4%
Heart Failure101.8102.6100  0.8%
Hip Knee Replacement103.9105.2100  1.3%
Pneumonia104.792.2100  11.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Birmingham, ALSweetwater, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,431$22,342$23,281  0.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$16,489$16,237  0.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,011$23,283$22,499  1.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,608$15,512$17,007  11.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Birmingham, ALSweetwater, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%3.2%3.1%  3.2%
2015-201612.5%5.1%12.5%  59.2%
2016-201757.9%19.0%57.9%  67.2%
2017-201819.0%35.6%19.0%  87.4%
2018-2019-2.2%2.3%-2.2%  204.5%
Since 2014113.3%79.0%113.3%  30.3%
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