Projected total cost of chronic disease from 2016-2030 in Colorado is $708 billion. In 2015, 3.1 million people in Colorado had at least 1 chronic disease, 1.1 million had 2 or more chronic diseases. Chronic disease could cost Colorado $34.2 billion in medical costs and an extra $13.1 billion annually in lost employee productivity (average per year 2016-2030). 

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