Heart Disease is the Leading Cause of Death for Women – We must Change the Status Quo

According to the Continuous National Household Sample Survey, in 2019, the Brazilian population was composed of 48.2% men and 51.8% women. In the age group up to 24 years old, men and women accounted for 17.8% and 17.2% of the population, respectively, in 2019. From 25 years of age onwards, the proportion of women was higher than that of men in all age groups, 30.4% and 34.6%, respectively, for men and women. On the other hand, life expectancy for men in that same year was 73.1 years, and, for women, it was 80.1 years. Therefore, it is important to build data about Brazilian women in all stages of their course of life.

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