A woman diagnosed with coronary artery disease says, "I would have come to the doctor sooner, but I didn't think women get heart disease.". Which information should the nurse provide?
1. Women are more likely than men to die suddenly from cardiac disease.
2. Men die more often from cardiac disease, but it is beginning to affect women as well.
3. There is very little gender difference in deaths from cardiac disease.
4. There have been no good studies examining gender and cardiac death rates.
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Rationale 1: Mortality rates, particularly from sudden death, are currently higher in women that in men.
Rationale 2: Women are affected by cardiac disease and are more likely to die from sudden cardiac death.
Rationale 3: Women are more likely than men to die, especially suddenly, from cardiac disease.
Rationale 4: Good studies are available, and they indicate women are more likely to suffer sudden cardiac death than are men.
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