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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Heart disease is the number one killer of women, | ||||||
3 | yet is often preventable; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Cardiovascular diseases cause one in 3 women's | ||||||
5 | deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, An estimated 43 million women in the United States | ||||||
8 | are affected by cardiovascular diseases; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Heart disease kills more women than all forms of | ||||||
10 | cancer combined, but is often undiagnosed; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Ninety percent of women have one or more risk | ||||||
12 | factors for developing heart disease, yet only one in 5 | ||||||
13 | American women believe that heart disease is their greatest | ||||||
14 | health threat; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Women comprise only 24% of participants in all | ||||||
16 | heart-related studies; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died each | ||||||
18 | year from heart disease and the gap between men and women's | ||||||
19 | survival continues to widen; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Women are less likely to call 911 for themselves | ||||||
2 | when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than they are if | ||||||
3 | someone else were having a heart attack; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women | ||||||
5 | movement has impacted the health of women for the last 10 | ||||||
6 | years; more than 627,000 lives have been saved and 330 fewer | ||||||
7 | women are dying every day; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In celebration of the 10th anniversary of National | ||||||
9 | Wear Red Day on February 7, 2014, Go Red For Women is asking | ||||||
10 | all women across America to Go Red by wearing red and speaking | ||||||
11 | red; Go Red For Women has suggested that women ask their doctor | ||||||
12 | to check their blood pressure and cholesterol, stop smoking, | ||||||
13 | lose weight, exercise, and eat healthy, realize their risk of | ||||||
14 | heart disease, educate their families on the importance of | ||||||
15 | healthy food choices and regular physical activity, and tell | ||||||
16 | every woman they know that heart disease is their number one | ||||||
17 | killer; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, By increasing awareness, speaking up about heart | ||||||
19 | disease, and empowering women to reduce their risk for | ||||||
20 | cardiovascular disease, we can save thousands of lives each | ||||||
21 | year; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | we designate the date of February 7, 2014 as Illinois Wear Red | ||||||
4 | Day in the State of Illinois and urge the citizens of this | ||||||
5 | State to show their support for women and the fight against | ||||||
6 | heart disease by commemorating this day by wearing the color | ||||||
7 | red; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to Go Red For Women as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
10 | respect.
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