Chapel Hill, North Carolina vs. Santa Barbara, California

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Health
  2.1% lower in Santa Barbara, California
than in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Chapel Hill, NCSanta Barbara, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium92.397.3100  5.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Chapel Hill, NCSanta Barbara, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9297100  5.4%
Heart Failure102.994100  8.6%
Hip Knee Replacement118.494100  20.6%
Pneumonia101.293.5100  7.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Chapel Hill, NCSanta Barbara, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,218$22,384$23,281  5.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,542$15,107$16,237  8.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$26,216$20,809$22,499  20.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,010$15,730$17,007  7.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Chapel Hill, NCSanta Barbara, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%4.0%3.1%  33.3%
2015-201623.1%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201739.6%9.3%57.9%  76.5%
2017-201815.5%26.1%19.0%  68.4%
2018-2019-1.4%1.2%-2.2%  185.7%
Since 2014107.4%45.0%113.3%  58.1%
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