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Palm Desert, California vs. Sunset Beach, North Carolina

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Health
  37.4% higher in Sunset Beach, North Carolina
than in Palm Desert, California
   Insurance cost
Palm Desert, CASunset Beach, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium72.2147.2100  103.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Palm Desert, CASunset Beach, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.2101.5100  2.6%
Heart Failure105.294.4100  10.3%
Hip Knee Replacement98.587.7100  11.0%
Pneumonia109.590.7100  17.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Palm Desert, CASunset Beach, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,035$23,430$23,281  2.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,911$15,173$16,237  10.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,804$19,407$22,499  11.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,410$15,246$17,007  17.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Palm Desert, CASunset Beach, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%6.0%3.1%  50.0%
2015-20160.0%23.1%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%39.6%57.9%  325.8%
2017-201826.1%15.5%19.0%  40.6%
2018-20191.2%-1.4%-2.2%  216.7%
Since 201445.0%107.4%113.3%  138.7%
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