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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, South Asians are individuals who derive their 
3ethnic origins from the Indian Subcontinent, made up of 
4countries such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, South Asians hold a high risk of heart attack and 
6stroke that has often been overlooked; this increased risk is 
7due to a variety of factors, ranging from genetics to lifestyle 
8choices; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, South Asians are at 4 times greater risk for heart 
10disease than the general population; amongst South Asian men, 
1125% of heart attacks occur under the age of 40 and 50% occur 
12under the age of 50; South Asian women have a 30% increased 
13risk of heart disease when compared to Caucasians and a 325% 
14increased risk when compared to the Chinese; South Asians make 
15up 17% of the world population, but hold 60% of the world's 
16cardiovascular disease burden; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, The South Asian Cardiovascular Center at Advocate 
18Heart Institute of Advocate Health Care is the first of its 
19kind in the Midwest designed to serve the South Asian 
20community; the aim of the Center is to educate, screen, 
21prevent, and treat South Asians for their high risk of cardiac 
22disease; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, The South Asian Cardiovascular Center at Advocate 
2Heart Institute of Advocate Health Care provides a combination 
3of hospital and outpatient clinical services to assure 
4individuals and their families a comfortable and culturally 
5sensitive experience; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The outreach efforts at the South Asian 
7Cardiovascular Center at Advocate Heart Institute of Advocate 
8Health Care  are intended to inspire change and provide options 
9to live a heart healthy lifestyle; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare March 12, 
122016 as "Red Sari Day" for South Asian Cardiovascular Disease 
13Awareness in the State of Illinois; and be it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to the South Asian Cardiovascular Center at Advocate 
16Heart Institute of Advocate Health Care as an expression of our 
17esteem and respect.