Did you know that more women die of heart disease than all forms of cancer combined? If you didn't, you're not alone. Typically, heart disease is thought of as a "man's disease." But, heart disease is the leading cause of death for women over the age of 40. Historically, women are very proactive about getting a mamogram or other cancer screenings, but very few are aware of the dangers of heart disease.

Women and Heart Disease Facts

• Heart disease is the leading cause of death of American women
• 43% of American women die of cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) each year.
• An estimated 267,000 women die each year from heart attacks. That's six times as many women that die of breast cancer.
• 31, 837 women die each year of congestive heart failure.
• 8-million American women are currently living with heart disease - 10% of women age 45-64 and 25% age 65 and older.
• 6-million women today have a history of heart attack.
• Nearly 13% of women age 45 and over have had a heart attack.
• 435,000 women have heart attacks each year; 83,000 are under the age of 65 and 9,000 are under the age of 45. The average age is 70.4
• 4-million women suffer from angina

  (Statistics compiled from the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease)

Heart Disease: Women vs. Men

• 38% of women and 25% of men will die within on year of a first recognized heart attack.
• 35% of women and 18% of men heart attack survivors will have another heart attack within six years.
• 46% of women and 22% of men heart attack survivors will be disabled with heart failure within six years.
• Women are almost twice as likely as men to die after bypass surgery.
• More women than men die of heart disease each year, yet women receive only:
• 33% of angioplasties, stents and bypass surgeries
• - 28% of inplantable defibrillators and - 36% of open-heart surgeries
• Women comprise only 25% of participants in all heart-related research studies.

  (Statistics complied from the National Coalition for Woman with Heart Disease)

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