Projected total cost of chronic disease from 2016-2030 in Delaware is $135 billion. In 2015, 611 thousand people in Delaware had at least 1 chronic disease, 252 thousand had 2 or more chronic diseases. Chronic disease could cost Delaware $6.5 billion in medical costs and an extra $2.5 billion annually in lost employee productivity (average per year 2016-2030). 

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