Life with and without heart disease among women and men over 50.
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.
Crimmins
Eileen M
EM
Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. crimmin@usc.edu
Hayward
Mark D
MD
Ueda
Hiroshi
H
Saito
Yasuhiko
Y
Kim
Jung Ki
JK
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011287:Prejudice; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration