February is American Heart Month, a time when people can focus on their heart health. Intermountain Healthcare Heart Services is working to educate Utahns about ways to enhance their heart health.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. One person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease – and about 659,000 people in the United States die from heart disease each year—that's 1 in every 4 deaths.

Some stats about heart disease and women:
• 43 million women are currently living with some form of heart disease
• 1 in 3 women will die from heart disease each year
• More than 2.6 million women have a history of heart attack

Concerns for Women’s Heart Health:
• 33% of women do not engage in leisure-time physical activity.
• 60% of Caucasian women, 79.9% of African-American women, and 78% of Hispanic-American women are overweight or obese
• Among Latina women, 31% have cardiovascular disease
• Among African-American women, 49% have cardiovascular disease

But on the upside - the COVID has completely erased the deaths from heart attack and comorbidities of obesity, diabetes, and even cancer