Columbia, Maryland vs. Dalton, Georgia

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Health
  4.1% lower in Dalton, Georgia
than in Columbia, Maryland
   Insurance cost
Columbia, MDDalton, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium80.480100  0.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, MDDalton, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.488.8100  18.1%
Heart Failure99.596.2100  3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement104107.4100  3.3%
Pneumonia99.392.1100  7.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, MDDalton, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$25,017$20,489$23,281  18.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,988$15,451$16,237  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,023$23,773$22,499  3.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,698$15,485$17,007  7.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, MDDalton, GAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201515.9%-6.9%3.1%  143.4%
2015-2016-0.4%5.9%12.5%  1,575.0%
2016-201725.2%17.1%57.9%  32.1%
2017-201853.1%43.8%19.0%  17.5%
2018-2019-14.0%0.8%-2.2%  105.7%
Since 201490.5%67.4%113.3%  25.5%
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