And to give you a sense of the scale of these diseases, in 2010, the global burden of disease was estimated at 2.5 trillion dollars, and since they are chronic, that cost is compounding and is therefore expected to rise up to six trillion dollars in just the next 15 years.
For at formidle en fornemmelse af omfanget af disse sygdomme, var den samlede globale byrde af sygdom i 2010 estimeret til 2,5 billioner dollars, og eftersom de er kroniske, tiltager omkostningerne betragteligt, og forventes at stige til op mod seks billioner dollars alene indenfor de næste 15 år.