Pickens, South Carolina vs. Blue Ridge, Georgia

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Health
  0.7% higher in Blue Ridge, Georgia
than in Pickens, South Carolina
   Insurance cost
Pickens, SCBlue Ridge, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium110.9113.8100  2.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Pickens, SCBlue Ridge, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.498100  5.2%
Heart Failure95.9102.8100  7.2%
Hip Knee Replacement99.799.5100  0.2%
Pneumonia94.590100  4.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Pickens, SCBlue Ridge, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,851$22,603$23,281  5.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,412$16,521$16,237  7.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,072$22,039$22,499  0.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,892$15,139$17,007  4.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Pickens, SCBlue Ridge, GAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.0%-6.9%3.1%  ∞%
2015-201611.1%5.9%12.5%  46.8%
2016-201728.2%17.1%57.9%  39.4%
2017-201834.7%43.8%19.0%  26.2%
2018-20196.2%0.8%-2.2%  87.1%
Since 2014103.7%67.4%113.3%  35.0%
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