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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Heart disease is the number one killer of women, | ||||||
3 | yet 80% of cardiac events can be prevented; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Cardiovascular diseases cause one in three | ||||||
5 | women's deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every | ||||||
6 | minute; and
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7 | WHEREAS, An estimated 44 million women in the United States | ||||||
8 | are affected by cardiovascular diseases; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Ninety percent of women have one or more risk | ||||||
10 | factors for developing heart disease, yet only one in five | ||||||
11 | American women believe that heart disease is her greatest | ||||||
12 | health threat; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died each | ||||||
14 | year from heart disease; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Women comprise only 24% of participants in all | ||||||
16 | heart-related studies; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Women are less likely to call 911 for themselves | ||||||
18 | when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than they are if | ||||||
19 | someone else was having a heart attack; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Only 43% of African American women and 44% of | ||||||
2 | Hispanic women know that heart disease is their greatest health | ||||||
3 | risk, compared with 60% of Caucasian women; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Women involved with the American Heart | ||||||
5 | Association's Go Red For Women movement live healthier lives | ||||||
6 | and nearly 90% have made at least one healthy behavior change; | ||||||
7 | and
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8 | WHEREAS, Go Red For Women is asking all Americans to Go Red | ||||||
9 | by wearing red and speaking red; the objects of this initiative | ||||||
10 | include: Get Your Numbers by asking your doctor to check your | ||||||
11 | blood pressure and cholesterol; Own Your Lifestyle by quitting | ||||||
12 | smoking, losing weight, exercising, and eating healthy; Raise | ||||||
13 | Your Voice by advocating for more women-related research and | ||||||
14 | education; Educate Your Family by teaching your kids the | ||||||
15 | importance of staying active and making healthy food choices | ||||||
16 | for you and your family; and Don't Be Silent by telling every | ||||||
17 | woman you know that heart disease is her number one killer and | ||||||
18 | by raising your voice at GoRedForWomen.org; and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, By increasing awareness, speaking up about heart | ||||||
20 | disease, and empowering women to reduce their risk for | ||||||
21 | cardiovascular disease, we can save thousands of lives each | ||||||
22 | year; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
3 | recognize the importance of the ongoing fight against heart | ||||||
4 | disease and stroke by designating February 5, 2016 as "Wear Red | ||||||
5 | Day" in the State of Illinois and urging all citizens to show | ||||||
6 | their support for women and the fight against heart disease by | ||||||
7 | commemorating this day through the wearing of the color red.
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