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? PPD 2/3 79.9% 10 17.7 PERCENT OF GIRLS 16% PERCENT OF BOYS. By Melissa Moore TAKE A GLIMPSE AT SOME KEY STATISTICS RELATED TO WOMEN'S HEALTH. Women and Physical Activity The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reports that only 16.6 percent of women meet exercise requirements for peak health, compared with 24 percent of men. Only 19.8 percent of women get enough strength-training exercise, whereas 43.9 percent get the recommended levels of aerobic exercise. HHS found that women with a college degree were roughly twice as likely as those without a high school diploma to get adequate aerobic activity. They were about four times as likely to get enough muscle-strengthening exercise. Non-Hispanic white women and non-Hispanic women of multiple races typically were more apt to meet exercise guidelines than were women of other races. ■ THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) SAYS THAT: WOMEN AND A WOMAN'S HEART ACCOR DING TO THE A H A: OF WOMEN WHO DIE SUDDENLY FROM HEART DISEASE HAD NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS. NEARLY ONE IN FIVE WOMEN WHO UNDERGO A HYSTERECTOMY FOR A BENIGN CONDITION MAY NOT HAVE NEEDED THE PROCEDURE, ACCORDING TO A STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. 55,000 more women than men have strokes in a given year. 63.7% REPORT COMPLETE PHYSICAL INACTIVITY, COMPARED WITH OF WOMEN HAVE SOME TYPE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. OF WOMEN AGE 20 AND OLDER ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE. OF NON-HISPANIC BLACK WOMEN ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE. UP TO In 2009, women constituted 59.6 PERCENT of stroke deaths. 3.8 MILLION female stroke survivors are still living. The American Psychological Association reports that: POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION The prevalence of PPD among women who experience it after one pregnancy may rise to as high as 41 PERCENT after a subsequent pregnancy. PPD is the fi rst epi- sode of depression for 50 PERCENT of women diagnosed with the condition. SURGICAL UNCERTAINTY HAVE EXPERIENCED OF WOMEN Woman Portrait of a 1/3 ++++++++++++++++++ +++ + +++ + ++++++++++++++++++ ❮ DATA VAULT M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Greater Boston | 1 5

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