TODAY, heart disease is STILL the No. 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year. But it can be prevented. TODAY, Make It Your Mission to learn how to stop this killer, and then tell 5 women you love you want them to live. TODAY, you can help us stop heart disease in our lifetime.
- * 1 in 3 American women suffer from heart disease, but only 1 in 5 believes she is personally at risk.
- * Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women age 20 and over, killing approximately one woman every minute.
- * More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next four causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer.
- * While 1 in 30 deaths in American women are due to breast cancer, about 1 in 3 deaths are due to cardiovascular disease.
- * Only about 50% of women are aware of the signs and symptoms of a heart attack.
- * 80% of cardiac events in women may be prevented if women make the right choices for their hearts, involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking.
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