Advancing women’s healthnow
Consider thefacts
67%
of Alzheimer cases are women
78%
of autoimmune cases are women
Women Are
3x
more likely to suffer from migraines than men
Women Are
2x
as likely to be diagnosed with depression
1in 10
women have endometriosis
Women Are
50%
more likely than men to die in the year after a heart attack
Yet, women's health has been underfunded for
decades
Women were not included in clinical trials until
1993
about
1%
of biopharma R&D goes to non-cancer women’s health conditions
approximately
6%
of NIH budget goes to women’s health
around
3.5%
of National Cancer Institute annual funding goes to gynecological cancers
roughly
2.3%
of total healthcare venture capital goes to women's health
Reporting of sex-specific data was not required by NIH until
2016
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