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Health
9.5% higher in Wake Forest, North Carolina
than in Port Townsend, Washington

Insurance cost

	Port Townsend, WA	Wake Forest, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	67	90.2	100	34.6%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Port Townsend, WA	Wake Forest, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	99.5	95.9	100	3.6%
Heart Failure	99.5	96.2	100	3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement	111.7	95.8	100	14.2%
Pneumonia	97.1	97.8	100	0.7%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Port Townsend, WA	Wake Forest, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,961	$22,134	$23,281	3.6%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,980	$15,457	$16,237	3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$24,727	$21,203	$22,499	14.3%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,329	$16,453	$17,007	0.8%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Port Townsend, WA	Wake Forest, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	-17.9%	6.0%	3.1%	133.5%
2015-2016	5.6%	23.1%	12.5%	312.5%
2016-2017	-1.6%	39.6%	57.9%	2,575.0%
2017-2018	38.3%	15.5%	19.0%	59.5%
2018-2019	13.4%	-1.4%	-2.2%	110.4%
Since 2014	33.7%	107.4%	113.3%	218.7%

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