Ketchikan, Alaska vs. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Health
  24.2% lower in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.963.9100  52.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5104.1100  2.6%
Heart Failure89.3110.4100  23.6%
Hip Knee Replacement89.5106.4100  18.9%
Pneumonia75.9113.7100  49.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$24,010$23,281  2.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$17,732$16,237  23.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$23,548$22,499  18.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$19,117$17,007  49.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.7%3.1%  111.6%
2015-201647.3%10.6%12.5%  77.6%
2016-201728.8%52.3%57.9%  81.6%
2017-2018-21.6%45.2%19.0%  309.3%
2018-2019-3.3%-15.8%-2.2%  378.8%
Since 201464.8%102.5%113.3%  58.2%
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