Projected total cost of chronic disease from 2016-2030 in South Carolina is $687 billion. In 2015, 3.1 million people in South Carolina had at least 1 chronic disease, 1.3 million had 2 or more chronic diseases. Chronic disease could cost South Carolina $32.9 billion in medical costs and an extra $12.8 billion annually in lost employee productivity (average per year 2016-2030).

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