Dallas, Texas vs. Fort Dodge, Iowa

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Health
  38.6% higher in Fort Dodge, Iowa
than in Dallas, Texas
   Insurance cost
Dallas, TXFort Dodge, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium80.2157.2100  96.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Dallas, TXFort Dodge, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5106.6100  5.0%
Heart Failure109.4104100  4.9%
Hip Knee Replacement112105.2100  6.1%
Pneumonia109.992.6100  15.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Dallas, TXFort Dodge, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,412$24,606$23,281  5.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,580$16,714$16,237  4.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,788$23,289$22,499  6.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,486$15,570$17,007  15.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Dallas, TXFort Dodge, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%4.7%3.1%  46.9%
2015-20165.1%13.2%12.5%  158.8%
2016-201719.0%26.3%57.9%  38.4%
2017-201835.6%88.1%19.0%  147.5%
2018-20192.3%6.9%-2.2%  200.0%
Since 201479.0%201.2%113.3%  154.7%
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