Breast Cancer Continues to Be No. 1 Specific Health Concern Among Women.WASHINGTON--(BW HealthWire)--June 4, 1998-- Survey Also Finds Women Vote on Health Issues With Their Pocketbooks In conjunction with this weekend's National Race for the Cure(R), Salomon Smith Barney Smith Barney is a division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets Inc., a global, full-service financial firm, that provides brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. today announced the results of its Women's Health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. Issues Survey revealing that among specific diseases, women are still most concerned about breast cancer (17%), with heart disease following as a close second (14%). Interestingly, almost half the group (49%) listed "overall fitness" as the most important issue when queried about their physical health concerns. In addition, reflecting the power of the purse The power of the purse is the ability of one group to manipulate and control the actions of another group by withholding funding, or putting stipulations on the use of funds. The power of the purse can be used positively (e.g. , 42 percent said they either "strongly agree" or "somewhat agree" that they "make a conscious decision to purchase products from those companies that support women's health issues." With respect to investing, 75 percent of the women surveyed responded that they were likely to invest their own money in companies which are known to be socially responsible. Yet only 8percent said they buy stock in companies involved with women's health issues and just 7 percent said they buy the companies' corporate bonds. "Women are clearly positioned to positively affect companies' activities," said Mindy S. Ross, Director of Target Marketing at Salomon Smith Barney. "With an overwhelming majority indicating their likelihood to invest, and yet with a comparatively small percentage presently doing so, there exists a tremendous untapped potential in the women's marketplace to increase corporate support of these issues." In responding to other questions specifically related to breast cancer, 67 percent of those surveyed had heard of The Race for the Cure(R). Among the companies mentioned by the respondents for supporting women's causes, those involved with breast cancer had the highest level of awareness. These include Revlon, Estee Lauder and Avon. Salomon Smith Barney, a corporate sponsor of The National Race for the Cure, surveyed approximately 600 women nationwide between the ages of 25 and 50 from May 28-31. Of these women, 86 percent completed college and 40 percent completed a post-graduate education. More detailed results of the survey exploring women's attitudes about their health and fitness will be released at a press briefing in conjunction with Salomon Smith Barney's annual Women's Health Issues Symposium June 24-26, 1998 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Salomon Smith Barney is a global, full-service investment banking and securities brokerage firm with 501 offices in 27 countries worldwide. A subsidiary of Travelers Group, Salomon Smith Barney provides a full range of financial advisory, research and capital raising services to corporations, governments and individuals. The firm's 10,400 Financial Consultants, located in 430 offices across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , service over 5 million client accounts representing approximately $600 billion in assets. 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