Women and Heart Disease

Here are some facts you should know about how the #1 killer of women, heart disease, affects women every day.

• Heart disease claims the lives of 65,000 more women than men each year.

• Heart disease can start to develop even in your 20s or 30s.

• From 1989 to 1996, sudden cardiac death climbed 31 percent among women ages 15 to 34.

• 80 percent of heart disease is preventable if you quit smoking, watch your weight, eat right and exercise.