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Lafayette, Indiana vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  50.7% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Lafayette, Indiana
   Insurance cost
Lafayette, INAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium66157.2100  138.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lafayette, INAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.796.5100  0.8%
Heart Failure101.995.1100  6.7%
Hip Knee Replacement105.695.6100  9.5%
Pneumonia104.893.5100  10.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lafayette, INAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,073$22,271$23,281  0.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,378$15,285$16,237  6.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,382$21,156$22,499  9.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,628$15,715$17,007  10.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lafayette, INAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.5%4.7%3.1%  413.3%
2015-2016-12.7%13.2%12.5%  203.9%
2016-2017-1.4%26.3%57.9%  1,978.6%
2017-201821.9%88.1%19.0%  302.3%
2018-20190.0%6.9%-2.2%  ∞%
Since 20143.4%201.2%113.3%  5,817.6%
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