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Santa Cruz, California vs. Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Health
  0.5% lower in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
than in Santa Cruz, California
   Insurance cost
Santa Cruz, CAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium99.892.3100  7.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Santa Cruz, CAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.992100  9.7%
Heart Failure97.1102.9100  6.0%
Hip Knee Replacement91.9118.4100  28.8%
Pneumonia101.1101.2100  0.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Santa Cruz, CAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,516$21,218$23,281  9.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,604$16,542$16,237  6.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,354$26,216$22,499  28.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,994$17,010$17,007  0.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Santa Cruz, 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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