The #1 Killer is the Most Preventable yet Most Expensive to Treat Condition [1]

[2]Marco Torres, Prevent Disease [3]
Waking Times

The number one killer and most preventable disease also happens to be the most expensive health condition according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Heart disease, once an illness of the rich, is the number one killer in the United States [4] and it’s affecting more and more people in poor countries around the world.

The result is that people are dying young — in their most productive economic years and costs to help manage the disease have skyrocketed.

Treating people with cardiovascular disease results in costs for each U.S. state that range from $411 million to $26 billion yearly, according to the CDC report. In addition, the costs of absenteeism (days of lost work) due to cardiovascular disease fall between $23 million and $1.3 billion for each state yearly, the report said.