Women and heart disease fact sheet

    • [PDF File]Know the Facts About Heart Disease

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      The term “heart disease” refers to several types of heart conditions. The most common type is coronary artery disease, which can cause heart attack. Other kinds of heart disease may involve the valves in the heart, or the heart may not pump well and cause heart failure. Some people are born with heart disease. Are you at risk? Anyone ...


    • [PDF File]Women & Cardiovascular Diseases - American Heart Association

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      the American Heart Association National Center, Office of Science & Medicine at statistics@heart.org. Please direct all media inquiries to News Media Relations at inquiries@heart.org or 214-706-1173.


    • [PDF File]Heart Disease and Women - Women's Health

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      Heart Disease and Women Heart disease is the number one killer of American women. Some heart disease symptoms and risk factors are different . for women than men. Some risk factors, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, and depression, happen more often in women. Women also have unique risk factors for heart disease, such as menopause.


    • [PDF File]CHDIR Fact Sheet in Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke

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      Key Findings in Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Disparities • A comparison of rates by race reveals that black women and men have much higher coronary heart disease (CHD) death rates in the 45 –74 age group than women and men of the three other races.


    • [PDF File]Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet

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      Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet www.womensheart.org Prevalence: • Worldwide, 8.6 million women die from heart disease each year, accounting for a third of all deaths in women. Three million women die from stroke each year. Stroke accounts for more deaths among women than men (11% vs 8.4%) with additional risk


    • [PDF File]Hispanics/Latinos & Cardiovascular Diseases

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      Statistical Fact Sheet 2016 Update Hispanics/Latinos & Cardiovascular Diseases Among Hispanic adults age 20 and older, 48.3% of men and 32.4% of women have CVD. In 2013, CVD caused the deaths of 23,892 black males and 20,976 black females. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) (ICD/10 codes I20-I25) (ICD/9 codes 410-414, 429.2)


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