Ketchikan, Alaska vs. North Pole, Alaska

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Health
  0.2% higher in North Pole, Alaska
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKNorth Pole, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.9138.2100  2.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKNorth Pole, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5108.3100  6.7%
Heart Failure89.377.7100  13.0%
Hip Knee Replacement89.577.1100  13.9%
Pneumonia75.981.4100  7.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKNorth Pole, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$24,985$23,281  6.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$12,490$16,237  12.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$17,067$22,499  13.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$13,690$17,007  7.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKNorth Pole, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%14.6%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201647.3%47.3%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201728.8%28.8%57.9%  0.0%
2017-2018-21.6%-21.6%19.0%  0.0%
2018-2019-3.3%-3.3%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 201464.8%64.8%113.3%  0.0%
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