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Lafayette, Louisiana vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  35.1% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Lafayette, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Lafayette, LAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium86.4157.2100  81.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lafayette, LAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.596.5100  7.7%
Heart Failure96.195.1100  1.0%
Hip Knee Replacement96.695.6100  1.0%
Pneumonia105.193.5100  11.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lafayette, LAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,106$22,271$23,281  7.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,447$15,285$16,237  1.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,380$21,156$22,499  1.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,673$15,715$17,007  11.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lafayette, LAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%4.7%3.1%  14.5%
2015-20168.6%13.2%12.5%  53.5%
2016-201717.0%26.3%57.9%  54.7%
2017-201814.8%88.1%19.0%  495.3%
2018-2019-4.2%6.9%-2.2%  264.3%
Since 201447.4%201.2%113.3%  324.5%
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