Life with and without heart disease among women and men over 50.

TitleLife with and without heart disease among women and men over 50.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsCrimmins, EM, Hayward, MD, Ueda, H, Saito, Y, Kim, JKi
JournalJ Women Aging
Volume20
Issue1-2
Pagination5-19
Date Published2008
ISSN Number0895-2841
Call Numbernewpubs20101112_Crimmins2.pdf
KeywordsActivities of Daily Living, Aged, Female, Health Status, Heart Diseases, Humans, Life Expectancy, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction, Patient Education as Topic, Prejudice, Risk Factors, United States, Women's Health, Women's Health Services
Abstract

This article uses a demographic approach and data from the Health and Retirement Survey, a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, to investigate sex differences in the length of life lived with heart disease and after a heart attack for persons in the United States age 50 and older. On average, women live longer than men with heart disease. At age 50 women can expect to live 7.9 years and men 6.7 years with heart disease. The average woman experiences heart disease onset three years older and heart attacks 4.4 years older than men.
DOI10.1300/j074v20n01_02
User Guide Notes

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18581697?dopt=Abstract
Endnote Keywords

Activities of Daily Living/health Status/Heart disease/life Expectancy/EDUCATION/risk factors/WOMEN
Endnote ID

23780
Alternate JournalJ Women Aging
Citation Key7282
PubMed ID18581697
PubMed Central IDPMC2994551
Grant ListU01 AG009740 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
P30 AG017265-08 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
P30 AG17265 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
P30 AG017265 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG011235-05 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG011758-05 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States