Examples Coronary heart disease (heart attack)

Why We Need Go Red For Women Unhealthy Cholesterol Levels

• Women age 20 and older with blood cholesterol levels of 200 mg/dL or higher:
• White females — 54%
• Black females — 46%
• Mexican-American females — 45%

Do You Know Your Total Cholesterol Numbers?

• Less than 200 mg/dL — Desirable (lower risk)
• 200–239 mg/dL — Borderline high (higher risk)
• 240 mg/dL and above — High blood cholesterol, more than twice the risk of desirable level
• Note: Cholesterol levels are measured in milligrams (mg) of cholesterol per deciliter (dL) of blood.

Why We Need Go Red For Women Smoking

• Smoking is the single most
• preventable cause of death in the US
• 21 percent of American women age 18
• and older smoke — 22.6 million women
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