By Australian Associated Press and Laura Withers For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 07:50 BST, 18 June 2019 | Updated: 07:50 BST, 18 June 2019
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The number of younger women being hospitalised for cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks is rising - and weight gain could be largely to blame.
A new study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found that while the total number of women suffering from the disease is in decline, the younger generation of women were becoming more at risk.
The study found 510,000 Australian women had a cardiovascular disease between 2017 and 2018 and the condition accounted for almost one third of all deaths among women.
Despite the overall decrease in hospitalisation rates among all women in the decade to 2016, rates rose for younger women.
A new study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found the younger generation of women at risk of cardiovascular diseases was rising (File picture)
It increased by 11 per cent for those aged 25-34, and by 4.7 per cent for those aged 35-44.
And while the overall incidence of strokes for women also fell by 25 per cent between 2001 and 2015, rates rose among younger women - by 16 per cent for those aged 35-44, and by 12 per cent for those aged 45-54.
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