Seward, Alaska vs. Waynesville, North Carolina

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Health
  2.8% lower in Waynesville, North Carolina
than in Seward, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Seward, AKWaynesville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.2131.5100  4.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Seward, AKWaynesville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.594.4100  7.0%
Heart Failure86.696.5100  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement89.990.8100  1.0%
Pneumonia88.692.6100  4.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Seward, AKWaynesville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$21,776$23,281  7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,922$15,511$16,237  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,910$20,110$22,499  1.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,895$15,571$17,007  4.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Seward, AKWaynesville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%6.0%3.1%  58.9%
2015-201647.3%23.1%12.5%  51.2%
2016-201728.8%39.6%57.9%  37.5%
2017-2018-21.6%15.5%19.0%  171.8%
2018-2019-3.3%-1.4%-2.2%  57.6%
Since 201464.8%107.4%113.3%  65.7%
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