Women and Strokes

 

 

Twice as many women die of stroke

than breast cancer every year.

Despite this startling statistic,  women are more worried about their risk of getting breast cancer than their stroke risk.  What's more, women think stroke is a men's disease.  But the truth is more women than men will die from stroke.

These are some of the reasons why National Stroke Association developed Women in Your Life, a program to teach both men and women about stroke prevention and the importance of recognizing stroke symptoms in each other.

To order a free Women in Your Life booklet, call 1-800-STROKES