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Prevalence of Heart Failure in Canada
Gender Specific Facts
Women have a unique risk factor profile and different clinical manifestations of heart failure than men
Gender has been shown to be an important determinant in hospital length of stay, hospital charges, and mortality [6]
The five year mortality rate of CHF sufferers is 60% in men and 45% in women [3]
The median post diagnosis survival time is 3.2 years for men and 5.4 years for women [3]
African American males are 1.5 times more likely to die from CHF than white males [3]
Less than 15% of women survive more than 8-12 years after being diagnosed with HF [21]
The mean length of hospital stay is greater for women than men
Over the past 20 years the incidence of heart has risen 9% in women and 6% in men [4]
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6. Philbin EF, DiSalvo TG. Influence of race and gender on care process,resource use, and outcomes in congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 1998;82:76-81
21. Jessup, M. and Pina, I. L. Is it important to examine gender differences in the epidemiology and outcome of severe heart failure? The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2004;127:5 1247-52
