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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, High cholesterol, also called | ||||||
3 | hypercholesterolemia, is the chronic presence of high levels | ||||||
4 | of cholesterol in the blood that can lead to cardiovascular | ||||||
5 | disease (CVD) and even cardiovascular (CV) events like heart | ||||||
6 | attacks or strokes; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | ||||||
8 | (CDC) estimates that CVD is arguably the most underappreciated | ||||||
9 | public health crisis of our time; someone in the U.S. has a | ||||||
10 | heart attack every 40 seconds, yet approximately 80% are | ||||||
11 | preventable; and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), or | ||||||
13 | "bad" cholesterol, is an easily modifiable risk factor for | ||||||
14 | CVD; lower LDL-C is associated with a reduced risk of heart | ||||||
15 | attack and stroke; and | ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, Heart disease is the leading cause of death in | ||||||
17 | the U.S. among racial and ethnic minority populations; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, The American Heart Association (AHA) has | ||||||
19 | demonstrated that Hispanic Americans are at exceptionally high | ||||||
20 | risk for cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease, | ||||||
21 | both of which can lead to a stroke or heart attack; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, More than 80 million adults have high LDL-C; and | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The AHA indicates that CVD disproportionately | ||||||
3 | affects minority populations; 52.3% of Hispanic males and | ||||||
4 | 42.7% of Hispanic females over the age of 20 are affected by | ||||||
5 | CVD; 60.1% of Black males and 58.8% of Black females 20 years | ||||||
6 | of age and older have CVD; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, The CDC found that one in three deaths in the U.S. | ||||||
8 | is due to heart disease, and this results in more than $216 | ||||||
9 | billion in healthcare costs; and | ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, Nearly 60% of middle-aged Hispanic adults have | ||||||
11 | high cholesterol, yet only half are aware of this, according | ||||||
12 | to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical | ||||||
13 | Association; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, A study published in the American Journal of | ||||||
15 | Preventative Cardiology found cholesterol testing, an | ||||||
16 | important preventive measure for reducing the risk of | ||||||
17 | cardiovascular disease, declined during the COVID pandemic; | ||||||
18 | and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, The resources needed to bend the curve in CVD | ||||||
20 | exist, yet 71% of hypercholesterolemia patients at high risk |
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1 | of a CV event never achieve recommended LDL-C treatment | ||||||
2 | guideline thresholds; and | ||||||
3 | WHEREAS, The LDL-C Action Summit, a consortium of the | ||||||
4 | nation's leading cardiovascular stakeholder groups, seeks to | ||||||
5 | cut cardiovascular events in half by 2030; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, The CDC's Million Hearts program seeks to improve | ||||||
7 | access and quality of care to reduce heart disease, stroke, | ||||||
8 | and death; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||
10 | Office of Minority Health recognizes April as National | ||||||
11 | Minority Health Month; therefore, be it | ||||||
12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
13 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
14 | we declare April 2024 as "Minority Health Month" in the State | ||||||
15 | of Illinois; and be it further | ||||||
16 | RESOLVED, That we urge all Americans to learn their LDL-C | ||||||
17 | level; and be it further | ||||||
18 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
19 | Health to update the State's cardiovascular plan to accelerate | ||||||
20 | quality improvements and measures to achieve improved health |
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1 | outcomes for CVD patients; and be it further | ||||||
2 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
3 | Health to develop campaigns to increase cholesterol tests | ||||||
4 | during the month of April; and be it further | ||||||
5 | RESOLVED, That we urge providers to treat all CVD patients | ||||||
6 | in accordance with American College of Cardiology treatment | ||||||
7 | guidelines; and be it further | ||||||
8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to the Illinois Department of Public Health and the | ||||||
10 | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |