Heart attacks deadlier to women

IT IS a common perception that heart attacks affect mainly men. However, in the last three decades, death from heart attacks has been consistently higher in women than men in the United States yearly.

Women are worse off

Whether within one year or five years after a heart attack, more women than men will die (26 per cent and 47 per cent of women versus 19 per cent and 36 per cent of men respectively). In addition, women with heart attacks are also more lik…