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Columbia, North Carolina vs. Wake Forest, North Carolina

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Health
  19.8% lower in Wake Forest, North Carolina
than in Columbia, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Columbia, NCWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.290.2100  32.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, NCWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack98.295.9100  2.3%
Heart Failure92.496.2100  4.1%
Hip Knee Replacement10295.8100  6.1%
Pneumonia96.797.8100  1.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, NCWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,665$22,134$23,281  2.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,841$15,457$16,237  4.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,584$21,203$22,499  6.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,255$16,453$17,007  1.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, NCWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%6.0%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201623.1%23.1%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201739.6%39.6%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201815.5%15.5%19.0%  0.0%
2018-2019-1.4%-1.4%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014107.4%107.4%113.3%  0.0%
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