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Chronic diseases and conditions—such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and arthritis—are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems.
Eighty-six percent of all health care spending in 2010 was for people with one or more chronic medical conditions.
https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/

The United States spent $2.6 trillion on health care in 2010.
http://www.kff.org/report-section/health-care-costs-a-primer-2012-report/

Blacks Suffer Disproportionately From Chronic Conditions.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/180329/blacks-suffer-disproportionately-chronic-conditions.aspx

Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke are among the most common causes of illness, disability, and death in the United States. These chronic conditions—and the factors that lead to them—can be more common or severe for minority groups (specifically, blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders). For example:
Blacks are 40% more likely than whites to have high blood pressure, and they are less likely to have this condition under control.
The rate of diagnosed diabetes is 77% higher among blacks, 66% higher among Hispanics, and 18% higher among Asians than among whites.
American Indians and Alaska Natives are 60% more likely to be obese than whites.
Life expectancy for non-Hispanic blacks is 75.1 years, compared to 78.9 years for whites.
https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/reach.htm