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Gastonia, North Carolina vs. Muscle Shoals, Alabama

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Health
  0.8% higher in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
than in Gastonia, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Gastonia, NCMuscle Shoals, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium102.9102.1100  0.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Gastonia, NCMuscle Shoals, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack10196.1100  4.9%
Heart Failure98.398.5100  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement96111.4100  16.0%
Pneumonia10496.7100  7.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Gastonia, NCMuscle Shoals, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,305$22,166$23,281  4.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,802$15,821$16,237  0.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,247$24,657$22,499  16.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,491$16,260$17,007  7.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Gastonia, NCMuscle Shoals, ALU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%3.1%3.1%  48.3%
2015-201623.1%12.5%12.5%  45.9%
2016-201739.6%57.9%57.9%  46.2%
2017-201815.5%19.0%19.0%  22.6%
2018-2019-1.4%-2.2%-2.2%  57.1%
Since 2014107.4%113.3%113.3%  5.5%
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