- Lifetime risk of developing coronary heart disease is 1 in 2 for men and 1 in 3 for women.
- By the age of 40, men and women have equal lifetime risks of developing Heart Failure
- By the age of 40 years, the lifetime risk of developing Heart Failure for both men and women is 1 in 5.
- Occurrence of Heart Failure increases with advancing age, and women at older age are at greater risk than men.
- Heart failure incidence rate triples for women between ages 65 to 74 and 75 to 84 years.
