Middlesborough, Kentucky vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  21.7% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Middlesborough, Kentucky
   Insurance cost
Middlesborough, KYAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium115157.2100  36.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Middlesborough, KYAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.996.5100  0.6%
Heart Failure86.195.1100  10.5%
Hip Knee Replacement96.595.6100  0.9%
Pneumonia84.993.5100  10.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Middlesborough, KYAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,126$22,271$23,281  0.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,835$15,285$16,237  10.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,373$21,156$22,499  1.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,285$15,715$17,007  10.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Middlesborough, KYAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20157.7%4.7%3.1%  39.0%
2015-2016-1.9%13.2%12.5%  794.7%
2016-201710.7%26.3%57.9%  145.8%
2017-201846.0%88.1%19.0%  91.5%
2018-20199.0%6.9%-2.2%  23.3%
Since 201486.2%201.2%113.3%  133.4%
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