Did You Know?

• Heart disease is the number 1 killer of women over age 25.
• 64% of women who die suddenly from heart disease…have NO previous symptoms of this disease.
• 1 in 3 women have cardiovascular disease.
• 1 in every 2.6 female deaths in the USA is due to heart disease. 1 in 30 female deaths is USA is due to breast cancer.
• Heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases kill more than 460,000 women each year---about one death per minute.
• Non Hispanic black and Mexican-American women have higher rates for many heart disease risk factors than non-Hispanic white women.