WOMEN’S
HEART
HEALTH
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WOMEN’S
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Women & Heart Disease Fact s
Heart Disease is the #1 Killer of American women
Over ¼ (27%) of all female deaths yearly are from
heart disease:
6 times as many women as will die from breast
cancer
Of 500,000 annual deaths from heart disease,
267,000 are women
more than 53%
More women than men die from congestive heart
failure yearly
Heart disease is more likely to strike and kill
more American
women than men
Within one year of a heart attack, 38% of women
will die compared
to 25% of men. Of those who survive, 35% of
women will have
a second heart attack compared to 18% of men.
Heart disease is more likely to be treated
accurately
in men than women
Heart disease includes heart attacks, congestive
heart failure, high
blood pressure, stroke, & other cardiovascular
diseases
Risk Factors for Heart Disease
smoking
high blood pressure (140/90 or higher)
low “good” (or HDL) cholesterol (below 40mg/dL)
family history of early heart disease
age
diabetes
Do You Know Your Numbers?
Total cholesterol: under 200mg/dL
LDL “bad” cholesterol: optimal- less than 100mg/dL
good- 100-129 mg/dL, borderline high- 130-159
mg/dL
high- 160-189 mg/dL, very high- 190 mg/dL or
higher
HDL “good” cholesterol: 50 mg/dL or higher
Triglycerides: under 150 mg/dL
Blood pressure: under 120/80 mmHg
Fasting glucose: under 100 mg/dL
Body Mass Index (BMI)- under 25, (35 for men)
Waist Circumference: under 35 inches (40 inches for
men)
Criteria for the extra effort:
Create a decorated, cut out heart with the
following information appearing on the front of the
heart .
YOU MUST….
1. Identify February as Women’s Heart Health Month
2. Think about your lifestyle and what you need to
change, what you may be tempted to do in the future and
your family history.
THEN write the following, and
fill in the rest of the sentence with 2 ways you will
work to have a healthy heart…
Dear Heart,
I love you, and I pledge to keep you
healthy by
#1 and #2.
3. Explain about Women’s Heart Health to an adult
female.
4. Have a signature line for her to sign
indicating she listened.
5. Write 2 facts about women’s heart health
beneath her signature line
6. Have her write a comment close to the signature
line
7. Have a signature line for you…. sign it and put
your period
8. Decorate the heart in any
then return it to school.
way
you wish and
If you do all the above you can earn 10 extra
effort points.
The deadline for turning them in will be
_____________________.
RUBRIC: Women’s Heart Health Month
Name
pd
Heart is decorated colorfully
Heart is easy to read and obvious care was
taken to create it
Identified February as Women’s Heart Health
Month
Dear Heart, I love you and I pledge to keep
you healthy by---1st way
2nd way
Have adult female you explained facts to sign
on signature line
Write heart health facts beneath her
signature—1st fact
2nd fact
Have adult female write a comment about facts
close to signature
Create signature line for yourself-Sign it and
put your period on
RUBRIC:
Name
Women’s Heart Health Month
pd
Heart is decorated colorfully
Heart is easy to read and obvious care was
taken to create it
Identified February as Women’s Heart Health
Month
Dear Heart, I love you and I pledge to keep
you healthy by---1st way
2nd way
Have adult female you explained facts to sign
on signature line
Write heart health facts beneath her
signature—1st fact
2nd fact
Have adult female write a comment about facts
close to signature
Create signature line for yourself-Sign it and
put your period on
RUBRIC: Women’s Heart Health Month
Name
pd
Heart is decorated colorfully
Heart is easy to read and obvious care was
taken to create it
Identified February as Women’s Heart Health
Month
Dear Heart, I love you and I pledge to keep
you healthy by---1st way
2nd way
Have adult female you explained facts to sign
on signature line
Write heart health facts beneath her
signature—1st fact
2nd fact
Have adult female write a comment about facts
close to signature
Create signature line for yourself-Sign it and
put your period on