The Herald’s health correspondent digs up another piece of unreliable evidence to undermine the reputation of NHS Scotland and, by association, the SNP Government. The facts as always, are not with her:
In 2021, 404 women under 35 died and 6 154 men over 35 and under 65 years of age, died.
In the same groups, 15 women and 1 592 men died of heart-related diseases.
The risk of heart failure is more than 100 times greater for middle-aged men than for young women.
Simple?
Sources:
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
I remember reading research on this very topic about 40 years ago. Heart attacks in pré-menopausal women were almost unknown and these were usually in women who had other conditions, often congenital. After menopause, the proportion of women having heart attacks was higher.
Part of the explanation related to ‘lipoproteins’ in the blood. Women of childbearing age had a higher proportion of high density lipoproteins compared to men and post menopausal women. HDL, apparently dissolves cholesterol plaques on artery walls. These plaques narrow the arteries and harden the walls.
There is good news for men – if you run more than 15 miles per week (or do other aerobic exercise like cycling or swimming) – then the proportion of HDL increases.
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That there are not enough women with heart disease to matter so is not much comfort us we women who HAVE heart disease. I suggest doing a little research in the gender inequalities in health care. This is *not* something those of us who are female can just shrug off because it costs our lives. (just not enough for it to worry you)
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I fully agree there are gender inequalities in health care but my problem is with media representation like this which ignores facts.
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I must agree. Considering the gender inequalities in media representation of women, they are certainly not the ones to discuss the problem. The vicious attacks on women politicians shows that. The nature of the attacks on Nicola Sturgeon and Lorna Slater have a strong stench of misogyny.
Since I am one of the many women who has heart disease that will no doubt eventually kill me, I tend to have a biased view of the care of women – with heart disease.
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Do you think this story in Thursday’s Guardian about heart attacks in England prompted this story today in Scotland? Usually when a story such as this appears about England there is some similar, vaguely similar, story reported shortly afterwards by the MSM in Scotland
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/22/health-bosses-warn-of-heart-disease-emergency-in-england
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Yes, more than likely. ‘Don’t think you’re better jocks!’
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Two of the Top 5 ‘BBC Corrections and Clarifications’ feature Good Morning Scotland items!
How very embarrassing for their recently launched BBC Verify.
Since I rarely listen to GMS, do GMS read out corrections and clarifications in their programme as soon as possible?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/
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