A lot of ladies don’t know that one of the main causes of death is coronary heart disease. Rather, their biggest fear is breast cancer. It is concerning that medical professionals don’t seem to have a basic grasp of cardiovascular disease in women. Women are typically 20 years older when they experience their first myocardial infarction and 10 years older when heart disease is discovered. Many people think that delaying the process of lowering their risk may delay the onset of coronary heart disease because it is more common in older women. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Nigerian women of reproductive age’s awareness of risk factors linked to cardiac illnesses. The study’s design was cross-sectional.

A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to gather data, which was then analyzed using version 25 of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences and shown using the relevant tables. The significance level is set at P<0.05. The study’s results indicate a significant correlation with respondents’ overall health-related knowledge at χ2=23.173, p=0.000, and χ2=18.260, p=0.000, respectively, and a non-significant correlation with respondents’ age, religion, economic status, and occupation at χ2=1.158, p=0.561, χ2=2.689, p=0.101, χ2=1.417, p=0.841, and χ2=7.276, p<0.05. All things considered, the study’s participants were well-informed on the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and the warning signs of CVD events. In the joint efforts to reduce heart attacks, community education on CVDs, with a focus on low socioeconomic status groups, may be helpful.

Keywords: awareness, risk factors, heart disease,

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