Heart disease is the number one cause of death among women
in the United States.

• One in 3 women will die of heart disease of stroke, while only one in eight will die from breast cancer!
• Every year since 1984, more women have died of cardiovascular disease than men.               

Heart Disease is also a woman's disease.

Know your risks and take steps to reduce them.

• 63% of women who die of coronary heart disease had NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS!
• 38% of women who suffer a heart attack will die within one year.
• 85% of women are at risk for heart disease, but in a recent poll of 1,00 women, only 8% considered heart disease their greatest health risk.
• The death rate from heart disease is 33% higher among African American women than Caucasian women.

For more information on women's heart disease call:
1-866-6WOMENS (1-866-696-6367)