MN women have a slightly higher rate of chronic diseases (37.9%) compared to men (32.6%). In addition, women had a higher rate of certain chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis (source).
% of Women Ever Told By a Health Professional
they have had a:
Information for graphics (source):
- 2.4% Heart attack
- 2.5% Angina or coronary health disease
% of women told they had:
- 2.1% a stroke
- 6.6% diabetes
- 24.4% high blood pressure
- 27.1% high cholesterol
- 9% asthma
- 4.5% some form of COPD, emphysema or chronic bronchitis
- 22.8% some form of arthritis
- 2.7% kidney disease
- 40.6% of women are at a recommended weight
- 30.6% of women are overweight
- 26.4%of women are obese
- 4.6% of women are underweight or unknown
The above data represent crude percentage calculated from one or more questions from the CDC BRFSS among women ages 18 to 44 (extra resources here and here).
Mortality
- Native American women died from heart disease 50% more often than White women
- African American and Asian American women died from stroke 40% more than White women
- 33 women died due to asthma
- 433 died due to heart attack
- 4,932 died due to heart disease
- 585 died due to diabetes
- 273 died to due chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
- 256 died due to renal failure
See “About the Data Sources” for more details on how data were collected.