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Health
5.0% lower in Wake Forest, North Carolina
than in Richmond, Virginia

Insurance cost

	Richmond, VA	Wake Forest, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	95.8	90.2	100	5.8%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Richmond, VA	Wake Forest, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	99.5	95.9	100	3.6%
Heart Failure	101	96.2	100	4.8%
Hip Knee Replacement	99.5	95.8	100	3.7%
Pneumonia	103.6	97.8	100	5.6%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Richmond, VA	Wake Forest, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,965	$22,134	$23,281	3.6%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,227	$15,457	$16,237	4.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$22,034	$21,203	$22,499	3.8%
Pneumonia Hospital	$17,426	$16,453	$17,007	5.6%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Richmond, VA	Wake Forest, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	3.3%	6.0%	3.1%	81.8%
2015-2016	3.9%	23.1%	12.5%	492.3%
2016-2017	10.3%	39.6%	57.9%	284.5%
2017-2018	66.1%	15.5%	19.0%	76.6%
2018-2019	3.7%	-1.4%	-2.2%	137.8%
Since 2014	104.0%	107.4%	113.3%	3.3%

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