Table 3.

U.S. financial burden of diet-related chronic disease.

	Type 2 diabetes	Cardiovascular disease
Spending per healthcare dollar	$1 in $4 (most expensive US condition) (74, 75)	$1 in $6–$7 (5, 6, 77, 78)
Population impacted	1 in 10 adults diagnosed (11.3%; CI 10.3–12.5) (4) 37–38.4 million (4, 75)	1 in 20 adults (5%) (5, 6) 127 million (1 or more CVD condition of Heart and/or Blood Vessels) (77)
Direct medical costs	$237 billion (4, 75)	$239.9 billion (5, 6)
Total medical costs (direct, indirect)	$327 billion (75)	$378 billion (5, 6)
Medicare % funding of direct medical costs	61% (4, 75)	54% (79)
Average annual costs per Medicare beneficiary	$5,876 (4, 75) $3,609–$5,283 (out of pocket, OOP) (76)	$18,270 (80) $2,329 (OOP) (80)
Disproportionality affected populations	American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and Asian individuals (75)	Non-Hispanic Black individuals; Pacific Islander and Asian American females; American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic females (5, 6)

Unless otherwise indicated, statistics are selected from CDC’s population health resources, which contains secondary, tertiary links to the specific research study and/or population database involved (i.e., CDC WONDER, CMS beneficiary, AHRQ MEPS, NHANES, etc.).