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Article: INDUSTRY CANADA: Living with heart disease -- 1996/97.
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- M2 Presswire
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- January 1, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 April 1999-INDUSTRY CANADA: Living with heart disease -- 1996/97 (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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In 1996/97, about 3% of Canadians aged 35 to 64 - approximately 345,000 individuals - reported that they had been diagnosed with heart disease. Although women accounted for less than half of this group, their situation was particularly difficult.
Compared with men who had been diagnosed with heart disease, women were more likely to have at least two other chronic conditions and to suffer from chronic pain. These women were also much more likely than men to live alone, and to live in a low-income household.
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