Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for American women. Yet, a 1998 survey of over 1,000 women indicates that women fear breast cancer nearly twice as much as they do heart disease.
Thirty-eight percent of women who have heart attacks die within a year, compared with 25 percent of men.
Postmenopausal women have higher levels of the type of cholesterol known as LDL, which is a significant predictor of cardiovascular disease, compared with premenopausal women or men of the same age.
African-American women have a greater risk of heart disease and stroke than Caucasian women.
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