My #ProtectHerHeart Initiative on World Heart Day

We all know that every year 29th September is observed as World Heart Day globally to create awareness about cardiovascular diseases . So here are some of the heart disease related facts : 1. Heart disease is now the world's leading causes of death, claiming 17.3 million lives each year, 2. Latest statistics show that in India alone , there are roughly 30 million heart patients and two lakh cardiac surgeries are being performed every year. 3. Of the 30 million heart patients in India, 14 million reside in urban areas and 16 million in rural areas . 4. If the current trend continues, by the year 2020, the burden of atherothrombotic cardiovascular diseases in India will surpass that of any other country in the world." 5. As per the W.H.O. a total of 8.6 million women die every year due to cardiovascular diseases of which 34% are Indian women that amounts to roughly 3 million Indian women dying every year of heart diseases . Now what is scary is that it