Women and Heart Disease WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Women and Heart Disease
Heart disease is the number one killer of American women.1 Women with diabetes are two times more likely to have heart disease.1 Also, women who smoke are likely to have a heart attack 19 years earlier than women that do not smoke.1
Fast Facts:
- The death rate from heart disease is substantially higher for minority women, versus white women.2
- In 2003, heart disease claimed the lives of more women that those with all forms of cancer combined.2
- Diagnosis of heart disease is more difficult in women than it is in men.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The National Coalition for Women With Heart Disease: Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 American Heart Association: Official Site
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- Contributor: Janet
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Janet
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Women Heart Disease, Heart Disease Women, Women’s Heart disease, Cardiovascular Disease In Women, Cardiovascular dusease in women, Heart Disease and Women
- Last update: Apr. 23, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
