By Amy J. Clendening Heart attack is the number one killer of American women. Of the nearly 500,000 heart attack deaths that occur each year, over 233,000 are women. A heart attack occurs when the supply of blood to the heart muscle is severely reduced or blocked.
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It is true that more men have heart attacks than women do. However, in comparison to men, women have lower chances of surviving them. Studies show that 44 percent of women die within a year compared to 27 percent of men. During the first four years following a heart attack, the rate of having a second attack is 20 percent for women compared with 16 percent for men. There are both avoidable and unavoidable risk factors in women with heart disease.