National Wear Red Day® – February 5, 2021 – brings urgent awareness to women’s No. 1 health threat

The American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women® movement urges women to spread awareness that 1 in 3 women are dying from cardiovascular disease. 

Despite the devasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, heart disease remains the leading killer of women in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association’s newly released 2021 Heart Disease & Stroke Statistics. At the same time, recent market research has indicated that the youngest most diverse women are the least aware that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is their greatest health threat. 

The American Heart Association, the leading global volunteer organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke, is calling on women to spread awareness on National Wear Red Day®, February 5, 2021, that 1 in 3 women are dying from cardiovascular disease. 

Heart disease kills one woman every 80 seconds and takes more lives than all forms of cancer combined.1 Heart disease and stroke also impact the lives of 1 in 3 women – or a third of mothers, sisters and friends – and cardiac events are on the rise in young women in their 20s. 

The American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement encourages people to take action through the month of February by:

  • Wearing red on National Wear Red Day, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease.

  • Signing up to participate in the lifesaving clinical trial research through the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement and Verily’s Project Baseline: Research Goes Red initiative.

  • Show us how you Go Red! Post your photos to social media using #SoDakGoRed to help spread the word. Make sure your post is public, and we’ll share it as part of our “sizzle reel” from the day’s submitted photos.

 Learn more at GoRedforWomen.org.

Chrissy Meyer