Hempstead, New York vs. Wichita, Kansas

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Health
  8.6% lower in Wichita, Kansas
than in Hempstead, New York
   Insurance cost
Hempstead, NYWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium113.2101.5100  10.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Hempstead, NYWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.4103.7100  2.5%
Heart Failure111.2104.6100  5.9%
Hip Knee Replacement116.598.6100  15.4%
Pneumonia104.5106.8100  2.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Hempstead, NYWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,543$23,924$23,281  2.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,864$16,806$16,237  5.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,799$21,823$22,499  15.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,569$17,958$17,007  2.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Hempstead, NYWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%-4.6%3.1%  142.6%
2015-20163.4%15.8%12.5%  364.7%
2016-201715.5%42.4%57.9%  173.5%
2017-201811.5%37.8%19.0%  228.7%
2018-201912.5%6.6%-2.2%  47.2%
Since 201465.9%131.0%113.3%  98.8%
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