The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of risk factors for coronary heart disease among women aged 35 years or over in the Yenimahalle Health Center region in Elazığ. In this research, 340 of 6213 women living in health center region, were chosen by randomly. 332 of them (97.6%) were reached by repetition meetings. 64.4% of researched women were illiterate. Average age of them was 49.74±10.33. 13.2% of them were current smoker. Women’s average; diastolic blood pressure, systolic blood pressure, body mass index and cholesterol level were 79.04±12.99, 126.89±22.82, 29.73±5.21 and 197.07±42.55 respectively. Women indicated that 11.1% of them were diabetic. 34.6% of them had an hypertension. 8.1% of them had an heart disease. 3.3% of heart disease was coronary heart disease. This study shows that the prevalence of risk factors for coronary heart disease was high among women aged 35 years or over in this region. Thus, it is advisable that primary health care services for the general population should also consider the prevention of coronary heart disease as a priority.