Stow, Massachusetts vs. Goose Creek, South Carolina

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Health
  18.0% higher in Goose Creek, South Carolina
than in Stow, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Stow, MAGoose Creek, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63.398.8100  56.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Stow, MAGoose Creek, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6102.2100  0.4%
Heart Failure10397.6100  5.2%
Hip Knee Replacement106.393.4100  12.1%
Pneumonia100.798.7100  2.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Stow, MAGoose Creek, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,684$23,579$23,281  0.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,555$15,676$16,237  5.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,539$20,671$22,499  12.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,933$16,597$17,007  2.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Stow, MAGoose Creek, SCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%0.0%3.1%  100.0%
2015-2016-1.5%11.1%12.5%  840.0%
2016-2017-2.7%28.2%57.9%  1,144.4%
2017-201826.4%34.7%19.0%  31.4%
2018-20195.1%6.2%-2.2%  21.6%
Since 201423.9%103.7%113.3%  333.9%
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