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to claim the life of 1 in 3 women

English translation: yes

23:49 Feb 3, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
English term or phrase: to claim the life of 1 in 3 women
Heart disease is estimated to claim the life of 1 in 3 women.

Does it mean one out of three women with heart disease dies on average?
Edward LIU
Canada
Local time: 13:07
Selected answer:yes
Explanation:
One of three women die of heart disease.

Good luck.
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 13:07
Grading comment
Thank you all very much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +15yes
Robert Forstag
4 +5clarification of phrasing
RHELLER


Discussion entries: 6





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +15
yes


Explanation:
One of three women die of heart disease.

Good luck.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 13:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you all very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  juvera
2 mins
  -> Thank you, Juvera.
agree  RHELLER: exactly - not 1 of 3 women with heart disease - that would be a different statistic
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Rita.
agree  Mikhail Kropotov: The answer to the asker's question is no, isn't it :)
9 mins
  -> Right. Thanks, Mikhail.
agree  David Russi
11 mins
  -> Thank you, David.
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
21 mins
  -> Gracias, Awana. :)
agree  Bjørn Anthun: to answer the asker's other question (Is it possible that of all women that died of disease, one third of them died of heart disease?) yes, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Renate.
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Blangsted.
agree  Refugio: one woman in every three dies of heart disease
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Ruth.
agree  Jörgen Slet
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Jorgen.
agree  NancyLynn: with Mikhail too
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Nancy.
agree  Elena Sgarbo (X): Yes. Edward: this statistic depends on the geographical area. For the UK, its' about 1 in 6 women. In the US, yes: 1 in 3 women die from heart disease -which kills more women than all forms of cancer combined.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Elena. Best regards.
agree  Michael Barnett
3 hrs
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
3 hrs
agree  Seema Ugrankar
23 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 9 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
clarification of phrasing


Explanation:
33% of ALL women die of heart disease

if you say
"one out of three women with heart disease dies on average"
you are saying that 33% of women who have heart disease(not all women) die

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Note added at 20 mins (2006-02-04 00:10:16 GMT)
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Did you know that 1 of 3 women die of heart disease? Sadly, only about one-third of women know that heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United ...
womenshealth.about.com/cs/ heartdisease/a/trthabthrtdisea.htm

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Note added at 21 mins (2006-02-04 00:10:33 GMT)
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RHELLER
United States
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bjørn Anthun: one out of three women will eventually die of cardiovascular disease (NOT one of three women with the disease die) - it's the number one killer for both men and women in the US, but of those more women die of it than men.
1 hr
  -> hi Renate - yes, overeating has a lot to do with it
agree  Jörgen Slet: some say it's a rather good way to die however, especially compared to cancer...
1 hr
  -> strokes can leave you a vegetable- I would rather not think about it esp on a friday night :-)
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
2 hrs
  -> hi Mike :-)
agree  Alexander Demyanov
2 hrs
  -> thanks, Alex :-)
agree  Peter Shortall
11 hrs
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