Quick facts on heart disease
- Australian women are four times more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer.
- Heart disease kills one in six Australians each year and one Australian dies almost every 20 minutes from the disease.
- Only one in four women had spoken to their doctor about heart disease.
- Heart disease is one of the leading causes of disability in Australia.
- Stroke, another form of cardiovascular disease, is the second biggest killer of Australian women.
- Cardiovascular disease is expected to affect one in four Australians by 2051.