ENROLLED HOUSE
RESOLUTION NO. 1031	By:	Billy, Ritze and Roberts (Sean)

A Resolution proclaiming May 5, 2011, as Wear Red Day; urging citizens to support women and fight against heart disease by wearing red; and directing distribution.   

WHEREAS, diseases of the heart are the nation’s leading cause of death and stroke is the fourth leading cause of death; and

WHEREAS, cardiovascular disease claims the lives of over 421,000 American females each year, approximately one death per minute; and

WHEREAS, each year, 52% of all deaths due to cardiovascular disease and 60% of stroke deaths occur in females; and

WHEREAS, too many women die each year because they are unaware that heart disease is their number one killer; and

WHEREAS, in 2007, the direct and indirect cost of cardiovascular diseases in the United States, including stroke, was estimated to be $286 billion; and

WHEREAS, nearly as many women die of heart disease, stroke, and all other cardiovascular diseases as die of the next four leading causes of death combined, including all cancers; and

WHEREAS, only 16% of women surveyed in 2009 identified cardiovascular disease as the greatest health problem facing them; and

WHEREAS, Go Red for Women® is the American Heart Association’s national call to increase awareness about heart disease - the leading cause of death for women - and to inspire women to take charge of their heart health; and
WHEREAS, all women should learn their own personal risk for heart disease, using tools such as the American Heart Association’s My Life Check, Go Red For Women® Heart CheckUp, Go Red For Women® Better U - and by talking to their healthcare provider; and

WHEREAS, making the right choices relating to proper nutrition, physical activity, and other healthy lifestyle choices is essential to living a heart-healthy life; and

WHEREAS, by choosing to Make It Your Mission! you can save lives.           

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 53RD OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:

THAT the Oklahoma House of Representatives, in recognition of the importance of the ongoing fight against heart disease and strokes, does hereby proclaim May 5, 2011, to be Wear Red Day in the State of Oklahoma.  

THAT the Oklahoma House of Representatives urges all citizens to show their support for women and the fight against heart disease by commemorating this day by the wearing of the color red.  By increasing awareness, speaking up about heart disease, and empowering women to reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease, thousands of lives can be saved each year.       

THAT an official copy of this resolution be distributed to Debbie Hite, Executive Director of the American Heart Association in Oklahoma City.

Adopted by the House of Representatives the 5th day of May, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives