On behalf of diagnostic maker Hologic, the Gallup World Poll surveyed more than 60,000 women and girls (age 15 and older) across the world to measure action and attitudes about women’s health, focusing on preventive care, opinions of health and safety, emotional health, individual health and basic needs.
Those five factors explain more than 80% of women’s average life expectancy at birth and are used in the Global Women’s Health Index to rank countries and territories, Hologic said in a news release. For example, heart disease is the leading cause of death globally, but only about one in three women are estimated to have had their blood pressure tested in the last 12 months.
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