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Mount Ayr, Iowa vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  2.2% lower in Ames, Iowa
than in Mount Ayr, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Mount Ayr, IAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium162157.2100  3.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Mount Ayr, IAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9896.5100  1.5%
Heart Failure87.995.1100  8.2%
Hip Knee Replacement104.595.6100  8.5%
Pneumonia85.393.5100  9.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Mount Ayr, IAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,612$22,271$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,123$15,285$16,237  8.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,143$21,156$22,499  8.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,340$15,715$17,007  9.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Mount Ayr, IAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.7%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201613.2%13.2%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201726.3%26.3%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201888.1%88.1%19.0%  0.0%
2018-20196.9%6.9%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014201.2%201.2%113.3%  0.0%
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