Sterling, Alaska vs. Boone, North Carolina

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Health
  1.1% lower in Boone, North Carolina
than in Sterling, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Sterling, AKBoone, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.2132.8100  3.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sterling, AKBoone, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.592.5100  8.9%
Heart Failure86.6100.7100  16.3%
Hip Knee Replacement89.996.5100  7.3%
Pneumonia88.696.6100  9.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sterling, AKBoone, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$21,337$23,281  8.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,922$16,173$16,237  16.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,910$21,370$22,499  7.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,895$16,245$17,007  9.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sterling, AKBoone, 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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