COLUMBIA(WACH)--The Providence Heart & Vascular Institute will host its annual Red Dress Rally on Tuesday, February 2, to call greater attention to the danger of heart disease among women.
The event will be held at noon in the rotunda of the Statehouse.

The annual Red Dress Rally is one of several activities associated with the hospital’s Red Dress Campaign, which helps to demonstrate that heart disease is not just a man’s disease.  Heart disease kills nearly 12 times as many women as breast cancer. 

Nationwide, heart disease kills half a million women each year, compared to 42,000 for breast cancer.