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.
2. A woman of 70 is as likely as a man to develop heart disease.
Explanation: 1. One in four women will die from heart disease while 1 in 30 will die from breast cancer.
2. By the time they are in their 70s, men and women get heart disease at equal rates.
3. A woman 60 years old is about as likely to get heart disease as a man of 50.
4. For most women, it is only after menopause that heart disease becomes a problem
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