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Women & Heart Disease

• One in three females has some form of heart disease, but only 21 percent of women view heart disease as a health threat.
• Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 3 killers of women over the age of 20.
• Each year, heart disease claims nearly 500,000 women's lives.
• Heart disease claims almost twice as many women's lives each year as all forms of cancer, including breast cancer.
• African-American women have a higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease.
• Women make up half of Americans diagnosed with diabetes.
• Every minute a person dies from cardiovascular disease.
• One in 30 female deaths is from breast cancer, while one in 2.6 is from cardiovascular diseases.
• Sixty-four percent of women who die suddenly of coronary heart disease have no previous symptoms of this disease.

Fact Source: American Heart Association

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