Wilmington, Delaware vs. Reading, Pennsylvania

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Health
  8.8% lower in Reading, Pennsylvania
than in Wilmington, Delaware
   Insurance cost
Wilmington, DEReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5114.6100  12.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wilmington, DEReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack98.795100  3.7%
Heart Failure103.7101.1100  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement98.896.5100  2.3%
Pneumonia106.5100.4100  5.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wilmington, DEReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,782$21,911$23,281  3.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,660$16,247$16,237  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,870$21,368$22,499  2.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,908$16,879$17,007  5.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wilmington, DEReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.2%-1.7%3.1%  140.5%
2015-201618.3%10.6%12.5%  42.1%
2016-201718.8%52.3%57.9%  178.2%
2017-201839.2%45.2%19.0%  15.3%
2018-201916.1%-15.8%-2.2%  198.1%
Since 2014136.7%102.5%113.3%  25.0%
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      State average
Cost of Taxes