{"id":14547,"date":"2023-04-30T00:52:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T00:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/?p=14547"},"modified":"2025-03-26T00:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T00:53:10","slug":"national-report-card-on-cardiovascular-disease-in-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/national-report-card-on-cardiovascular-disease-in-women\/","title":{"rendered":"National Report Card on Cardiovascular Disease in Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14550\" src=\"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2023-National-Report-Card-By-Her-Heart-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women_FINAL1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2023-National-Report-Card-By-Her-Heart-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women_FINAL1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2023-National-Report-Card-By-Her-Heart-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women_FINAL1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2023-National-Report-Card-By-Her-Heart-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women_FINAL1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2023-National-Report-Card-By-Her-Heart-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women_FINAL1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2023-National-Report-Card-By-Her-Heart-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women_FINAL1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2023-National-Report-Card-By-Her-Heart-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women_FINAL1-1390x782.jpg 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Launched in Heart Week on May 1st 2023, Her Heart has created the First National Report Card on the status of Cardiovascular Disease in women in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The Report Card presents all the key statistics and metrics related to the incidence, prevalence, and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for women.<\/p>\n<p>You can download the Abbreviated version \u2013 Image and References\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/herheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-National-Report-Card-By-Her-Heart-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women_FINAL1-2.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can download the Expanded version\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/herheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-Expanded-Data-Status-of-Cardiovascular-Disease-in-Women-Report-Card_final.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A snapshot of some of the shocking statistics below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall morbidity &amp; mortality<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 2.1 million women in Australia have CVD<\/li>\n<li>115,000 have had a heart attack<\/li>\n<li>500,000 are at risk of having their first CVD event<\/li>\n<li>590,000 at high risk of another CVD event<\/li>\n<li>50,000 are hospitalised with heart disease<\/li>\n<li>1 in 6 women have CVD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disparities in deaths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 53% of all deaths are linked to CVD<\/li>\n<li>4 deaths (per 100) ACS compared to 2.1 for men<\/li>\n<li>11 deaths per 100 stroke hospitalisations compared to 7.8 men<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disparities in care, Under-diagnosed &amp; Under-treated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Less angiograms \u2013 36% compared to 44% of men<\/li>\n<li>Less interventions such as Stents \u2013 26% versus 35% of men<\/li>\n<li>Less likely to get surgery (CABG) 8% versus 20% of men<\/li>\n<li>50% of those at high risk of having another event take lipid lowering meds as opposed to 60% of men<\/li>\n<li>64% at high risk of another event taking antihypertensive\u2019s compared to 72% of men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disparities for First Nations Women:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.4 X at higher risk than non-indigenous women<\/li>\n<li>1.9 X higher rate of heart disease deaths than non-indigenous women<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Poor Risk Factor awareness and prevention:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>33% are not doing any exercise<\/li>\n<li>21% have high Blood Pressure<\/li>\n<li>60% are overweight or Obese<\/li>\n<li>12% are smokers<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The need for ACTION as poor awareness:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1% of women annually have a heart health check<\/li>\n<li>54% have NEVER had a heart health check<\/li>\n<li>91% believe there is NOT enough public awareness around women and heart disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launched in Heart Week on May 1st 2023, Her Heart has created the First National Report Card on the status of Cardiovascular Disease in women in Australia. 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