Orange Beach, Alabama vs. Blowing Rock, North Carolina

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Health
  15.2% higher in Blowing Rock, North Carolina
than in Orange Beach, Alabama
   Insurance cost
Orange Beach, ALBlowing Rock, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium103.1132.8100  28.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Orange Beach, ALBlowing Rock, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.292.5100  7.7%
Heart Failure93.8100.7100  7.4%
Hip Knee Replacement93.696.5100  3.1%
Pneumonia90.296.6100  7.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Orange Beach, ALBlowing Rock, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,131$21,337$23,281  7.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,065$16,173$16,237  7.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,722$21,370$22,499  3.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,174$16,245$17,007  7.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Orange Beach, ALBlowing Rock, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%6.0%3.1%  93.5%
2015-201612.5%23.1%12.5%  84.8%
2016-201757.9%39.6%57.9%  31.6%
2017-201819.0%15.5%19.0%  18.4%
2018-2019-2.2%-1.4%-2.2%  36.4%
Since 2014113.3%107.4%113.3%  5.2%
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