on women's heart disease. #1 cause of death for women
Here, have a video. It's actually a funny video, if you've got the sound on, or a really freaky video if you have the sound off.
It's Elizabeth Banks, in a PSA named Just A Little Heart Attack
Or, if you're not up for watching videos, over the past couple days I've been posting various links over on FB*:
FB: There's a reason why it's the Red Dress Ball coming up (2/14), and why we give proceeds from it to the American Heart Association -- here's some stats about something a lot of people don't realize is a leading cause of death for women.
Link: Stats at a glance
Some of those stats --
More women die of strokes than men, 42% of women who have heart attacks die within 1 year, compared to 24% of men, and under age 50, women’s heart attacks are twice as likely as men’s to be fatal. And most of us probably think all of the above is more something that happens to men.
FB: February 6 is National Wear Red Day, against heart disease and stroke in women. (Most people are aware of heart disease and stroke as a danger for men, but actually more women than men die of heart disease each year.) One challenge is that women's symptoms are often easily mistaken for something else. Here's a jingle from a few years ago that hit the news for directly saving someone's life: http://www.womenshealth.gov/heartattack/radio.html (I'd actually linked to a youtube with some silly dancing)
"If any sound familiar, call 911"
The stat that stopped me cold, from one of my posts, was not that most women wouldn't identify most symptoms as a heart attack; hell, 71% presents as simply heavy fatigue. (pain in your neck chest arms or jaw; back pain stomach pain shortness of breath cold sweats nausea dizziness/tiredness) but that only about half of women surveyed said they would call 911 even if they realized they were having a heart attack.
FB: Red Dress Ball with the Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra, Sat Feb 14th at Glen Echo is less than a week out! Why red dresses? Proceeds from this dance are going to American Heart Association; this month is their Go Red For Women campaign, and the symbol for that is a cute red dress pin*.
Heart disease is a leading cause of death for women (actually more women than men die per year of heart disease), but many folks don't realize that. Worse, heart attack symptoms in women are often easily mistaken for something else. And even worse, at least as of 2009, only about half of those surveyed indicated that they'd call 911 if they realized they were having a heart attack.
That last is why there are PSAs like this one.
* Various retailers are selling the pins; saw an ad for a Macy's sale in which they mentioned 100% of the sales of the $2 pins went to AHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_vz_MnAwk
And finally, the link where I learned the above 50% stat:
FB: Why a Red Dress Ball? Because of the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women - American Heart Association campaign - that's where proceeds for our dance Saturday with Eric Felten are going.
Most people don't realize that heart disease is a leading cause of death for women, the symptoms for women are often missed, and many women won't call 911. Check out goredforwomen.org for more info.
http://www.womenshealth.gov/heartattack/
I figure I'll try to put some of www.womenshealth.gov/heartattack/symptoms.html into whatever goes out in the email blast. Probably should include that there's no Tango class on the 23rd, and that classes start again on the 2nd, and look up the next dance. It's perhaps a bit weird to be putting such a downer into an email blast about a dance we're trying to get people to come to, but OTOH, it isn't as though they listen to the announcements from the stage.
Downer. Did anybody else find it sad that the vast majority of the criticism of the Nationwide Superbowl Ad was that it was such a buzzkill?
* and boy howdy has this been difficult, what with the signs that match up with things Mom, which seem bloody obvious in retrospect.
It's Elizabeth Banks, in a PSA named Just A Little Heart Attack
Click to viewOr, if you're not up for watching videos, over the past couple days I've been posting various links over on FB*:
FB: There's a reason why it's the Red Dress Ball coming up (2/14), and why we give proceeds from it to the American Heart Association -- here's some stats about something a lot of people don't realize is a leading cause of death for women.
Link: Stats at a glance
Some of those stats --
- Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and is more deadly than all forms of cancer combined.
- Heart disease causes 1 in 3 women’s deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute.
- An estimated 43 million women in the U.S. are affected by heart disease.
- Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
- Since 1984, more women than men have died each year from heart disease.
- The symptoms of heart disease can be different in women and men, and are often misunderstood.
- While 1 in 31 American women dies from breast cancer each year, 1 in 3 dies of heart disease.
- Only 1 in 5 American women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat.
- Women comprise only 24 percent of participants in all heart-related studies.
More women die of strokes than men, 42% of women who have heart attacks die within 1 year, compared to 24% of men, and under age 50, women’s heart attacks are twice as likely as men’s to be fatal. And most of us probably think all of the above is more something that happens to men.
FB: February 6 is National Wear Red Day, against heart disease and stroke in women. (Most people are aware of heart disease and stroke as a danger for men, but actually more women than men die of heart disease each year.) One challenge is that women's symptoms are often easily mistaken for something else. Here's a jingle from a few years ago that hit the news for directly saving someone's life: http://www.womenshealth.gov/heartattack/radio.html (I'd actually linked to a youtube with some silly dancing)
"If any sound familiar, call 911"
The stat that stopped me cold, from one of my posts, was not that most women wouldn't identify most symptoms as a heart attack; hell, 71% presents as simply heavy fatigue. (pain in your neck chest arms or jaw; back pain stomach pain shortness of breath cold sweats nausea dizziness/tiredness) but that only about half of women surveyed said they would call 911 even if they realized they were having a heart attack.
FB: Red Dress Ball with the Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra, Sat Feb 14th at Glen Echo is less than a week out! Why red dresses? Proceeds from this dance are going to American Heart Association; this month is their Go Red For Women campaign, and the symbol for that is a cute red dress pin*.
Heart disease is a leading cause of death for women (actually more women than men die per year of heart disease), but many folks don't realize that. Worse, heart attack symptoms in women are often easily mistaken for something else. And even worse, at least as of 2009, only about half of those surveyed indicated that they'd call 911 if they realized they were having a heart attack.
That last is why there are PSAs like this one.
* Various retailers are selling the pins; saw an ad for a Macy's sale in which they mentioned 100% of the sales of the $2 pins went to AHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_vz_MnAwk
And finally, the link where I learned the above 50% stat:
FB: Why a Red Dress Ball? Because of the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women - American Heart Association campaign - that's where proceeds for our dance Saturday with Eric Felten are going.
Most people don't realize that heart disease is a leading cause of death for women, the symptoms for women are often missed, and many women won't call 911. Check out goredforwomen.org for more info.
http://www.womenshealth.gov/heartattack/
I figure I'll try to put some of www.womenshealth.gov/heartattack/symptoms.html into whatever goes out in the email blast. Probably should include that there's no Tango class on the 23rd, and that classes start again on the 2nd, and look up the next dance. It's perhaps a bit weird to be putting such a downer into an email blast about a dance we're trying to get people to come to, but OTOH, it isn't as though they listen to the announcements from the stage.
Downer. Did anybody else find it sad that the vast majority of the criticism of the Nationwide Superbowl Ad was that it was such a buzzkill?
* and boy howdy has this been difficult, what with the signs that match up with things Mom, which seem bloody obvious in retrospect.