| Literature DB >> 18581697 |
Eileen M Crimmins1, Mark D Hayward, Hiroshi Ueda, Yasuhiko Saito, Jung Ki Kim.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18581697 PMCID: PMC2994551 DOI: 10.1300/j074v20n01_02
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Women Aging ISSN: 0895-2841