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New Bern, North Carolina vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  1.1% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in New Bern, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
New Bern, NCDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.2137100  2.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
New Bern, NCDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.694.1100  1.6%
Heart Failure92.295.8100  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement91.888.5100  3.6%
Pneumonia90.594.7100  4.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
New Bern, NCDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,062$21,724$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,812$15,395$16,237  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,324$19,585$22,499  3.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,220$15,918$17,007  4.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
New Bern, NCDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%4.7%3.1%  21.7%
2015-201623.1%13.2%12.5%  42.9%
2016-201739.6%26.3%57.9%  33.6%
2017-201815.5%88.1%19.0%  468.4%
2018-2019-1.4%6.9%-2.2%  592.9%
Since 2014107.4%201.2%113.3%  87.3%
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