Use this risk assessment to estimate a woman's risk of development coronary heart disease (CHD) over a 10-year period. Risk estimates are derived from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study and should not be substituted for a physician assessment of your heart disease risk.
Compare Your Score
Compare your score to women of your same age. Low risk for coronary heart disease over the next 10 years was calculated for a woman with normal blood pressure, total cholesterol of 160-199 mg/dL, HDL cholesterol of 55 mg/dL, a nonsmoker who does not have diabetes.
| age | average risk | low risk |
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| 30-34 | <1% | <1% |
| 35-39 | 1% | <1% |
| 40-44 | 2% | 2% |
| 45-49 | 5% | 3% |
| 50-54 | 8% | 5% |
| 55-59 | 12% | 7% |
| 60-64 | 12% | 8% |
| 65-69 | 13% | 8% |
| 70-74 | 14% | 8% |
For 50 years, the Framingham Heart Study and the residents of Framingham, Massachusetts, have been synonymous with the remarkable advances made in the prevention of heart disease in the United States and throughout the world.
Fifty years of data collected from residents of Framingham has produced more than 1,000 scientific papers; identified major risk factors associated with heart disease, stroke and other diseases; paved the way for researchers to undertake singular clinical trials based on Framingham findings; created a revolution in preventive medicine; and forever changed the way the medical community and general public view the genesis of disease.
