Diabetes:
Diabetes
mellitus is the fifth leading cause of death in women. It is the
fourth leading cause of death in African American, Native American,
and Hispanic women, the sixth leading cause in Asian American
women, and the seventh cause in white women.
An
estimated 16 million Americans have diabetes but only 10.3 million
cases are diagnosed, of which 8.1 million are women. Source:
Source:
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/,
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/fact/diabetes.htm
Heart Disease:
Heart
disease is the number one killer of American women. Although
it is typically viewed as a man's disease, more women actually
die of heart disease each year than do men.
On
average, women develop heart disease later in life than men.
In addition, women are more likely to have other co-existing,
chronic conditions that may mask their symptoms of heart disease
than are men.
Symptoms
of a heart attack in women may differ from those in men, which
can lead to a misdiagnosis of the disease in women.
Source:
http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/heart disease/index.htm
Women
who recover from a heart attack are more likely to have
a stroke or to have another heart attack than are men. In fact,
42 percent of women die within a year following a heart attack
compared to 24 percent of men.
More
than one woman in five has some form of major heart or blood
vessel (cardiovascular) disease in this country.
Source:
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/cvd/cvdaag.htm
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/wmn_risk.htm
