Better health care for women is good business.
Caring for women’s health extends far beyond maternity, sexual, and reproductive issues. The full scope includes other common conditions that affect women exclusively, differently, or disproportionately, such as menopause, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and cardiovascular issues.
One or another of those conditions affects every woman in the country, but today much of the care falls short:
- Only one in four women treat symptoms related to menopause.
- Women account for eight of ten people with osteoporosis, yet more than two-thirds of women with the condition remain undiagnosed.
- Women make up two-thirds of the population with Alzheimer’s disease, yet one in three are never diagnosed, and one in five are diagnosed but never treated.
- Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women but remains underdiagnosed and undertreated, which worsens outcomes.
