10th NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY
In recognition of the 10th National Wear Red Day on Feb. 1, 2013, Go Red For Women asks that across America, Women Go Red!
In the past we have proudly worn red and fought individually, and together, as part of the movement—saving over 627,000 women’s lives. But the fight is far from over. This February let’s do more than that. Let’s make sure that every landmark, every Main St., every organization and home in America Goes Red. Let’s turn America red to shine a spotlight on heart disease in women.
We invite our staff and students to GO RED this Friday to show our support for the fight against heart disease.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women – mothers, sisters, daughters, friends – and is more deadly than all forms of cancer combined.
- Heart disease causes one in three women’s deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute.
- An estimated 43 million women in the U.S. are affected by heart disease.
- Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
- Since 1984, more women than men have died each year from heart disease and the gap between men and women’s survival continues to widen.
- While one in 31 American women dies from breast cancer each year, heart disease causes one in three deaths each year.
