Women's hearts are hard to break

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Women's hearts are hard to break Harvey H Newnham, FRACP, Jonathan Silberberg, FRACP The Lancet Volume 349, Pages S3-S6 (March 1997) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)90002-7 Copyright © 1997 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure Impact of CHD in women (a) Declining mortality from all causes and from CHD, 1950-90, age- adjusted for the 35–69-year-old population (left axis). The same data are used to show the average age at death for this age group (right axis). (b) Cumulative probability of dyrng from various causes, competing causes being ignored. Fatal CHD in men is shown for comparison. The Lancet 1997 349, S3-S6DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(97)90002-7) Copyright © 1997 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions