Topeka, Kansas vs. Wake Forest, North Carolina

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Health
  9.5% lower in Wake Forest, North Carolina
than in Topeka, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Topeka, KSWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium104.290.2100  13.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Topeka, KSWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.895.9100  10.2%
Heart Failure10896.2100  10.9%
Hip Knee Replacement90.695.8100  5.7%
Pneumonia108.297.8100  9.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Topeka, KSWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,653$22,134$23,281  10.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,357$15,457$16,237  10.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,066$21,203$22,499  5.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,197$16,453$17,007  9.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Topeka, KSWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%6.0%3.1%  230.4%
2015-201615.8%23.1%12.5%  46.2%
2016-201742.4%39.6%57.9%  6.6%
2017-201837.8%15.5%19.0%  59.0%
2018-20196.6%-1.4%-2.2%  121.2%
Since 2014131.0%107.4%113.3%  18.0%
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