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READ: What Every Black Woman Should Know About Her Heart

1. Lives are being saved

  • 34% fewer women now die from heart disease.
  • More than 627,000 women’s lives have been saved.

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2. Overall heart health has improved

  • Nearly 90% of participants made healthy lifestyle changes.
  • 37% have lost excess weight.
  • More than half now exercise more.
  • 60% now eat healthier diets.
  • 43% have had their cholesterol checked.

3. Awareness of heart disease has increased

  • 23% increase in awareness that heart disease is the #1 killer of women.

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4. Unhealthy lifestyle risks have decreased

  • Smoking decreased by 15.1%.
  • Cholesterol levels decreased 18.1%.

5. Diversity challenges have been identified and targeted

  • Heart disease rates vary by ethnicity, with unique challenges for each.
  • Targeted efforts are reaching African American and Hispanic women.

Go Red For Women: 10 Years Of Changing Hearts  was originally published on blackdoctor.org

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