A HEAVY TOLL
ASIAN 5.5%
HISPANIC 7.4%
NON•HISPANIC BLACK 13.4%
NON•HISPANIC WHITE 18.3%
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASK A NATIVE 21.6%
Cardiovascular disease
kills one woman in
the United States
every minute.
Sources: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC,
American Heart Association, National Center for Health Statistics,
National Osteoporosis Foundation
in Profile
ALTHOUGH MOST AMERICAN WOMEN CONSIDER
THEIR HE ALTH GOOD, WIDE¢R ANGING DATA PAINT
A MORE COMPLE X PICTURE.
BY STEVE BARRETT
EXCELLENT OR
VERY GOOD:
60%
GOOD:
27%
FAIR
OR POOR:
13%
IN THE MIRROR
HOW U.S. WOMEN VIE W
THEIR OWN HE ALTH
SMOKING RATES AMONG U.S. WOMEN
THE GENDER DIVIDE
Women make up
80% of the 10 million
Americans who have osteoporosis.
A RISING TIDE
The proportion of U.S.
women who drank
four or more alcoholic
beverages on a single
day at least once in
the past 12 months
rose from 17.4%
in 2015 to 18.9%
in 2016.
WOMEN'S HEALTH
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