WHY ARE MORE WOMEN DYING FROM HEART ATTACKS?
Think you’re unlikely to have a heart attack? The truth is they’re on the increase among women. Coronary heart disease kills, on average, 65 women per day in the UK* – more than double the number that die from breast cancer. But despite these worrying statistics, there’s a misconception that heart attacks mostly affect overweight, middle-aged men.
The idea that heart disease is a ‘man’s disease’ means women face barriers when it comes to diagnosis, treatment and care following a heart attack – and it’s these inequalities that are costing lives or leading
