Thinking out loud, I found information from the CDC, WHO, Wikipedia, and various national advocate diseases websites the following information:
HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES: 49% of Americans at risk with a population of 316 million (2012), 600,000 die annually, that is 1 in 4 deaths is from heart attacks/strokes. The annual cost in the United States is about $316 billion. The worldwide numbers are: 17 million die annually with 6.8% of the world's 7 billion people afflicted with this disease. So let's see what the Flint study does with the CRP numbers.
DIABETES: 25.8 million diabetics, an estimated 79 million pre-diabetics and costing approximately $174 billion annually. The worldwide number is 336 million diabetics today growing to 552 million by 2030. Again, maybe some clues from the Flint study.
THYROID DISEASE: 20 million with an estimated 13 million undiagnosed. 388,000 with Thyroid cancer. Cost to treat unknown. Worldwide number is 200 million with Thyroid disease. The John Hopkins study should give us some clues on Anatabloc potential.
ALZHEIMERS: 5.4 million in U.S. and 20 million worldwide. U.S. spends $200 billion annually on this disease. We'll find out late this year after the Alzheimers study.
PARKINSONS: Estimates of 1 million in U.S, 10 million worldwide. U.S. spends 25 million annually to treat.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: 350,000 in U.S. with MS and estimated 2.1 million worldwide, costs unknown.
TOTAL AFFLICTIONS: 200 million in U.S. with a population of slightly over 300 million, the overwhelming number is those at risk of heart/stroke diseases (approx 150 million). Worldwide, this number is estimated at 1 billion out of a population of 7 billion. The worldwide number seems understated because of unreported and uncounted statistics. (or is the rest of the world just healthier?)