Nationwide, two-thirds of all hospital procedures are performed on women. Women live an average of 7 years long than men. In 1900, the life expectancy for women was only 48 years. Today, the average woman goes through menopause at age 51 and has a life expectancy of 79 years. As a result, the years beyond menopause will account for a full third of a woman s life and half of her adult life.
Women suffer from certain diseases more often than men .
Twice as many women as men have suffered from clinically significant depression at some time in their lives. At least 90 percent of all cases of eating disorders occur in women. Thirty-nine percent of all women experience some type of violence or abuse during their lifetime. Women and men respond differently to medical treatment and exhibit different physiological and mental symptoms of the same disease . Although typically viewed as a man s disease, more women actually die of heart disease each year than men.