♥  41,000,000: the number of women currently living with cardiovascular disease

  8,000,000: the number of women today who have a history of having a heart attack or angina or both

 5,000,000: the number of women hospitalized each year for cardiovascular disease

 500,000: the number of women who die each year from cardiovascular disease

 270,100: estimated number of annual cancer deaths in US women for ALL cancers combined*

 213,000: the number of women who die each year from a heart attack

 160,000: the number of women who die each year from congestive heart failure

 40,480: the number of women who died from breast cancer in 2008*

 58%: the percentage of women with a cholesterol level greater than 200 mg/dl

 28%: the percentage of women with a cholesterol level greater than 240 mg/dl

 50%: the percentage of women over the age of 55 who have high blood pressure

50%, 64%, 60%, 53%: the percentage of Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, and Asian/pacific islander women who lead a sedentary lifestyle

58%, 78%, 73%: the percentage of Caucasian, African American and Hispanic women who are over weight

30%: the percentage increase risk of heart disease with exposure to second hand smoke

21%: the percentage increase risk of heart disease in women who smoke and take birth control pills

38%: the percentage of women who will die within one year of a recognized heart attack

35%: the percentage of women heart attack survivors who will have another heart attack within 6 months

46%: the percentage of women heart attack survivors who will be disabled with heart failure within 6 months
more women than men die each year from heart disease and yet women receive only 33% of angioplasties, stents and bypass surgeries, 28% of defibrillators, and are less likely to receive beta blockers, ACE inhibitors or even aspirin

27%: the percentage of women participants in all heart-related research studies

7,095,000: the number of cardiovascular operations and procedures performed in 2006 – 4,000,000 were performed in men and 3,100,000 were performed in women (yet more women than men die from heart disease each year)

$475,300,000,000: the direct and indirect costs of cardiovascular disease in 2009

 

Lloyd-Jones D, Adams R, Carnethon M,. et al. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A Report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcomittee. Circulation. 2009; 119:e21-e181. National Center for Health Statistics. Deaths: Leading Causes for 2004. National Vital Statistics Reports. 2007; 56(5):1-96. * American Cancer Society 2007-2008 facts and figures