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Santa Barbara, California vs. Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Health
  2.2% higher in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
than in Santa Barbara, California
   Insurance cost
Santa Barbara, CAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium97.392.3100  5.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Santa Barbara, CAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9792100  5.2%
Heart Failure94102.9100  9.5%
Hip Knee Replacement94118.4100  26.0%
Pneumonia93.5101.2100  8.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Santa Barbara, CAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,384$21,218$23,281  5.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,107$16,542$16,237  9.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,809$26,216$22,499  26.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,730$17,010$17,007  8.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Santa Barbara, CAChapel Hill, 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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