Bowling Green, Kentucky vs. Fairbanks, Alaska

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Health
  7.4% higher in Fairbanks, Alaska
than in Bowling Green, Kentucky
   Insurance cost
Bowling Green, KYFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium108.8138.2100  27.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bowling Green, KYFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack98108.3100  10.5%
Heart Failure102.377.7100  24.0%
Hip Knee Replacement107.277.1100  28.1%
Pneumonia100.981.4100  19.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bowling Green, KYFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,608$24,985$23,281  10.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,436$12,490$16,237  24.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,744$17,067$22,499  28.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,964$13,690$17,007  19.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bowling Green, KYFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20157.7%14.6%3.1%  89.6%
2015-2016-1.9%47.3%12.5%  2,589.5%
2016-201710.7%28.8%57.9%  169.2%
2017-201846.0%-21.6%19.0%  147.0%
2018-20199.0%-3.3%-2.2%  136.7%
Since 201486.2%64.8%113.3%  24.8%
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