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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN, KASUNIC, STACK, YAW, ORIE, FONTANA, SOLOBAY, ROBBINS, M. WHITE, PILEGGI, TOMLINSON, MENSCH, WOZNIAK, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, D. WHITE, BAKER, VOGEL, WARD, COSTA, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, BRUBAKER, ALLOWAY, PIPPY, GREENLEAF, VANCE AND LEACH, JANUARY 25, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 25, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating Friday, February 4, 2011, as "National Wear Red Day" |
2 | in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, Diseases of the heart are the nation's leading cause |
4 | of death, and stroke is the fourth leading cause of death; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease claims the lives of more than |
6 | 421,000 American females each year, approximately one death per |
7 | minute; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Each year, 52% of all deaths due to cardiovascular |
9 | disease and 60% of stroke deaths occur in females; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Too many women die each year because they are |
11 | unaware that heart disease is their number one killer; and |
12 | WHEREAS, In 2007, the direct and indirect cost of |
13 | cardiovascular diseases in the United States, including stroke, |
14 | was estimated to be $286 billion; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Nearly as many women die of heart disease, stroke |
16 | and all other cardiovascular diseases than the next four leading |
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1 | causes of death combined, including all cancers; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Only 16% of women surveyed in 2009 identified |
3 | cardiovascular disease as the greatest health problem facing |
4 | them; and |
5 | WHEREAS, February is designated as American Heart Month; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Go Red For Women® is the American Heart |
7 | Association's national call to increase awareness about heart |
8 | disease, the leading cause of death for women, and to inspire |
9 | women to take charge of their heart health; and |
10 | WHEREAS, All women should learn their own personal risk for |
11 | heart disease, using tools such as the American Heart |
12 | Association's My Life Check, Go Red For Women® Heart CheckUp and |
13 | Go Red For Women® Better U, and by talking to their health care |
14 | provider; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Making the right choices relating to proper |
16 | nutrition, physical activity and other health lifestyle choices |
17 | are essential to living a heart-healthy life; therefore be it |
18 | RESOLVED, That the Senate designate Friday, February 4, 2011, |
19 | as "National Wear Red Day" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the |
20 | importance of the ongoing fight against heart disease and stroke |
21 | and urge all citizens to show their support for women and the |
22 | fight against heart disease by commemorating this day by the |
23 | wearing of the color red. |
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