Heart Quiz for Women Only
Heart Quiz for Women Only
As a woman, do you know what your risk is for developing heart disease?
You might be surprised. Take this quiz to see how much you know about heart disease
in women. The quiz is based on information from the American Heart Association.
1. Coronary heart disease develops gradually over many years. It
can easily go undetected.
can easily go undetected.
2. Women don’t have to worry about cardiovascular disease. It’s mainly a man’s problem.
3. If a woman has a heart attack, she is more likely to survive than a man.
4. Women are less likely to get heart disease after menopause than before.
5. When men reach middle age, or about 55, their blood cholesterol levels start to
rise. But women’s cholesterol levels seem to stay about the same.
rise. But women’s cholesterol levels seem to stay about the same.
6. African-American women are more likely than white women to
have cardiovascular disease or stroke.
have cardiovascular disease or stroke.
7. Which of the following is the single most important thing a woman can do to reduce
her risk for heart attack?
her risk for heart attack?
8. Women smokers are 3 times more likely to have a heart attack
than women who don’t smoke.
than women who don’t smoke.
9. Women can reduce their risks for heart attack and stroke by following which of
these lifestyle habits?
these lifestyle habits?
10. Women with heart disease have a lower risk for stroke.