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Review
. 2008;20(1-2):5-19.
doi: 10.1300/j074v20n01_02.

Life with and without heart disease among women and men over 50

Eileen M Crimmins  1 , Mark D Hayward, Hiroshi Ueda, Yasuhiko Saito, Jung Ki Kim
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Life with and without heart disease among women and men over 50

Eileen M Crimmins et al. J Women Aging. 2008.

Abstract

This article uses a demographic approach and data from the Health and Retirement Survey, a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, to investigate sex differences in the length of life lived with heart disease and after a heart attack for persons in the United States age 50 and older. On average, women live longer than men with heart disease. At age 50 women can expect to live 7.9 years and men 6.7 years with heart disease. The average woman experiences heart disease onset three years older and heart attacks 4.4 years older than men.

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Estimated Annual Transition Rates Across Disease States
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Total Life Expectency and Life Expectency by Heart Disease Status and Age and Expected Age at Heart Disease Onset, Heart Attack, and Death: Population-Based Life Table
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