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With Christmas right around the corner, many are focusing on their last minute shopping list. Though gifts are great, there’s one item that needs to remain a part of our lives, and it’s our heart health.  According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the following statistics apply to women:

• Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, killing 292,188 women in 2009—that’s 1 in every 4 female deaths.¹
• Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a “man’s disease,” around the same number of women and men die each year of heart disease in the United States. Despite increases in awareness over the past decade, only 54% of women recognize that heart disease is their number 1 killer.²
• Heart disease is the leading cause of death for African American and white women in the United States. Among Hispanic women, heart disease and cancer cause roughly the same number of deaths each year. For American Indian or Alaska Native and Asian or Pacific Islander women, heart disease is second only to cancer.³
• About 5.8% of all white women, 7.6% of black women, and 5.6% of Mexican American women have coronary heart disease.⁴
• Almost two-thirds (64%) of women who die suddenly of coronary heart disease have no previous symptoms.⁴ Even if you have no symptoms, you may still be at risk for heart disease.

Risk factors include physical inactivity, obesity and poor diet. Therefore, its vital women are made aware of the seriousness surrounding heart disease. The following video goes more in-depth regarding symptoms, testing, and prevention.

For more information please contact your local physician.

Source link: Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Written by Kanarian Kindred

Heart Disease in Women