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Commentary George Q. Daley
According to the World Health Organization, a woman’s lifetime risk of maternal mortality is 1 in 5,400 in high-income countries, yet 1 in 45 in low-income nations. In the United States, the numbers are also troubling, especially for some groups. In January 2020 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that throughout the previous decade, slightly more than 17 maternal deaths occurred per 100,000 live births. Among non-Hispanic Black women, however, there were 37 deaths per 100,000 births while among women over age 40, the rate approached 82 per 100,000. Unfortunately, these reported numbers may be underestimates: It wasn’t until 2017 that all states offered a way to indicate maternal death on death certificates.
April 21, 2021
Female veterans with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), as well as those with extremely premature disease onset, are much less likely to receive evidence-based medical therapy, including high-intensity statins, when compared with male veterans, a new Veterans Affairs (VA) study shows.
The study highlights, yet again, the historic disparities in cardiovascular healthcare for women, one that is now seen in young patients who “have a lot to lose” by being undertreated, according to senior investigator Salim Virani, MD, PhD (Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX).
“When you look at the data in secondary prevention it holds true for primary prevention, as well there is no heterogeneity of statin therapy by sex or by age,” he told TCTMD. “That’s never been shown. For [a woman] who is 40 or 45 years old and gets their first MI, the number of years that you can salvage without disability by providing
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