Key result
Cardiovascular disease drives ~33% of female mortality, far exceeding deaths from breast cancer.
Why the study?
Cardiovascular disease is the largest single cause of death in women worldwide, yet it is underrecognized compared to breast cancer, highlighting a need for focused prevention strategies in postmenopausal women.
Highlights the underrecognized burden of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women, which accounts for one-third of mortality, emphasizing the need for improved awareness and preventive strategies.
CVD mortality burden in women calls for heightened clinical awareness; leaves open efficacy of climacteric-specific preventive strategies.
World-wide, cardiovascular disease is mainly seen as a male problem, whereas breast cancer is considered to be the most important chronic disease in women. However, cardiovascular disease is the largest single cause of death also in women, accounting for approximately one-third of the mortality, while breast cancer is responsible for less than 5% of the mortality. Physicians and women are equally unaware of these numbers. From a public health viewpoint, morbidity might be even more important, given the fact that therapeutic strategies have improved in the last decades, and disease fatality has been decreasing. In this contribution, the mortality and disability-adjusted life-years of cardiovascular disease world-wide will be summarized, and the relevance for prevention and the specific issues relevant to postmenopausal women will be discussed.
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Yvonne T. van der Schouw (2009) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease vs. Breast cancer was evaluated. Cardiovascular disease accounts for approximately one-third of mortality in women, making it the largest single cause of death compared to less than 5% for breast cancer.
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