The nurse is preparing a community education program focusing on cardiovascular disease in the older patient. Which information should the nurse include?
1. Breast cancer kills more women than heart disease.
2. A woman of 70 is as likely as a man to develop heart disease.
3. Women are more likely than men to develop heart disease in their middle years.
4. For most women, heart disease is a greater problem before they reach menopause.
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Rationale: One in four women will die from heart disease while 1 in 30 will die from breast cancer.
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