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Bakersfield, California vs. Wake Forest, North Carolina

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Health
  5.0% higher in Wake Forest, North Carolina
than in Bakersfield, California
   Insurance cost
Bakersfield, CAWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium8290.2100  10.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bakersfield, CAWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.995.9100  7.7%
Heart Failure101.896.2100  5.5%
Hip Knee Replacement8295.8100  16.8%
Pneumonia100.297.8100  2.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bakersfield, CAWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,971$22,134$23,281  7.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$15,457$16,237  5.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,143$21,203$22,499  16.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,856$16,453$17,007  2.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bakersfield, CAWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%6.0%3.1%  50.0%
2015-20160.0%23.1%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%39.6%57.9%  325.8%
2017-201826.1%15.5%19.0%  40.6%
2018-20191.2%-1.4%-2.2%  216.7%
Since 201445.0%107.4%113.3%  138.7%
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