Projected total cost of chronic disease from 2016-2030 in Montana is $138 billion. In 2015, 607 thousand people in Montana had at least 1 chronic disease, 227 thousand had 2 or more chronic diseases. Chronic disease could cost Montana $6.6 billion in medical costs and an extra $2.5 billion annually in lost employee productivity (average per year 2016-2030).

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