Derby, Kansas vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  23.7% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Derby, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Derby, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.5157.2100  54.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Derby, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.796.5100  6.9%
Heart Failure104.695.1100  9.1%
Hip Knee Replacement98.695.6100  3.0%
Pneumonia106.893.5100  12.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Derby, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,924$22,271$23,281  6.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,806$15,285$16,237  9.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,823$21,156$22,499  3.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,958$15,715$17,007  12.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Derby, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%4.7%3.1%  202.2%
2015-201615.8%13.2%12.5%  16.5%
2016-201742.4%26.3%57.9%  38.0%
2017-201837.8%88.1%19.0%  133.1%
2018-20196.6%6.9%-2.2%  4.5%
Since 2014131.0%201.2%113.3%  53.6%
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