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Health
  20.0% higher in Raeford, North Carolina
than in Lake Charles, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Lake Charles, LARaeford, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium98.7138.4100  40.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lake Charles, LARaeford, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9495.7100  1.8%
Heart Failure95.394.9100  0.4%
Hip Knee Replacement97.9103.6100  5.8%
Pneumonia9677.3100  19.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lake Charles, LARaeford, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,699$22,092$23,281  1.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,311$15,241$16,237  0.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,668$22,942$22,499  5.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,137$13,005$17,007  19.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lake Charles, LARaeford, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%6.0%3.1%  9.1%
2015-20168.6%23.1%12.5%  168.6%
2016-201717.0%39.6%57.9%  132.9%
2017-201814.8%15.5%19.0%  4.7%
2018-2019-4.2%-1.4%-2.2%  66.7%
Since 201447.4%107.4%113.3%  126.6%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes