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Chicago, Illinois vs. Sugar Mountain, North Carolina

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Health
  25.8% higher in Sugar Mountain, North Carolina
than in Chicago, Illinois
   Insurance cost
Chicago, ILSugar Mountain, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium73.7131.5100  78.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Chicago, ILSugar Mountain, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.197.9100  5.0%
Heart Failure104.192.3100  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement112.398.8100  12.0%
Pneumonia110.493.1100  15.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Chicago, ILSugar Mountain, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,800$22,580$23,281  5.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,722$14,835$16,237  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,870$21,872$22,499  12.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,557$15,658$17,007  15.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Chicago, ILSugar Mountain, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%6.0%3.1%  93.5%
2015-20169.0%23.1%12.5%  156.7%
2016-201738.0%39.6%57.9%  4.2%
2017-201838.1%15.5%19.0%  59.3%
2018-2019-1.6%-1.4%-2.2%  12.5%
Since 2014110.6%107.4%113.3%  2.9%
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