HEART
FACTS
Give the
women in your life the GIFT OF HEART KNOWLEDGE
DID
YOU KNOW THAT?
:
- Heart
disease is
THE #1 killer
of women over
the age of
35
- 8
million American
women are
living with
heart disease
- Heart
disease kills
more women
annually,
than all cancers
put together
- Heart
disease kills
6 times as
many women
as breast
cancer.
- Heart
disease has
killed more
women than
men, every
year since
1984
- Less
than one in
five physicians
recognizes
that more
women die
of heart disease
then men,
each year.
- Heart
disease is
often preventable
- Women
who smoke
are 2 to 6
times more
likely to
suffer a heart
attack, than
nonsmoking
women
- High
blood pressure
is a major
risk factor
for heart
disease, and
congestive
heart failure.
STAYING
HEALTHY
Prevention
means believing
that you may
be at risk.
Ask
your doctor,
about your risk
factors.
Information
compiled from:
www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady/initiatives/womenandheartdisease4.html
www.womensheartfoundation.org
American
Heart Assoc.,
Advocacy Dept.
Oct.,
2006
