Chapel Hill, North Carolina vs. Buffalo, New York

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Health
  1.0% lower in Buffalo, New York
than in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Chapel Hill, NCBuffalo, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium92.394.8100  2.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Chapel Hill, NCBuffalo, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9299.1100  7.7%
Heart Failure102.994.8100  7.9%
Hip Knee Replacement118.4100.6100  15.0%
Pneumonia101.2103.6100  2.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Chapel Hill, NCBuffalo, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,218$22,862$23,281  7.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,542$15,231$16,237  7.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$26,216$22,271$22,499  15.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,010$17,416$17,007  2.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Chapel Hill, NCBuffalo, NYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%10.8%3.1%  80.0%
2015-201623.1%3.4%12.5%  85.3%
2016-201739.6%15.5%57.9%  60.9%
2017-201815.5%11.5%19.0%  25.8%
2018-2019-1.4%12.5%-2.2%  992.9%
Since 2014107.4%65.9%113.3%  38.6%
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