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Chronic disease to cost $47 trillion by 2030

Thread starter Northerner
Start date Sep 19, 2011

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Northerner

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Sep 19, 2011

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The global economic impact of the five leading chronic diseases -- cancer, diabetes, mental illness, heart disease, and respiratory disease -- could reach $47 trillion over the next 20 years, according to a study by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/18/us-disease-chronic-costs-idUSTRE78H2IY20110918

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