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Sterling Heights, Michigan vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  39.8% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Sterling Heights, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Sterling Heights, MIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium62.4137100  119.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sterling Heights, MIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.694.1100  3.6%
Heart Failure11195.8100  13.7%
Hip Knee Replacement9788.5100  8.8%
Pneumonia110.994.7100  14.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sterling Heights, MIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,531$21,724$23,281  3.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,829$15,395$16,237  13.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,467$19,585$22,499  8.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,655$15,918$17,007  14.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sterling Heights, MIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%4.7%3.1%  1,075.0%
2015-20162.0%13.2%12.5%  560.0%
2016-20176.9%26.3%57.9%  281.2%
2017-201837.1%88.1%19.0%  137.5%
2018-20190.5%6.9%-2.2%  1,280.0%
Since 201450.8%201.2%113.3%  296.1%
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