Full Text of SR0481 95th General Assembly
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| SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 481
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| WHEREAS, An estimated 1,044,936 people in Illinois had been | 3 |
| diagnosed with asthma during their lifetime; and
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| WHEREAS, An estimated 680,417 people in Illinois were | 5 |
| diagnosed with asthma in 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, An estimated 21,649 hospitalizations in this | 7 |
| State were due to asthma or 17 per 10,000 people in 2003; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, In this State, an estimated $237,654,449 were | 9 |
| direct charges for asthma hospitalizations in 2003; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, In Cook County, 317,906 adults and 121,610 | 11 |
| children have been diagnosed with asthma; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, More than half of all children in Chicago with | 13 |
| asthma have had a severe asthma attack in the past year and | 14 |
| nearly one-third had episodes in which they thought their lives | 15 |
| were in danger; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Approximately 40% of people visiting selected | 17 |
| Chicago Emergency Departments for asthma attacks had 3 or more | 18 |
| other Emergency Department visits in the previous 12 months; | 19 |
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| WHEREAS, Asthma is the number one cause of school | 2 |
| absenteeism for children in Chicago; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The burden of asthma falls disproportionately on | 4 |
| the African-American and Latino populations, and especially on | 5 |
| children of ethnic minorities; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The asthma death rate for African-Americans in | 7 |
| this State is 4 times the national average; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, 15.1% of African-American persons in Illinois had | 9 |
| asthma in 2000; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, 12.3% of Latino persons in Illinois had asthma in | 11 |
| 2000; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, In Illinois, asthma accounted for 20,708 asthma | 13 |
| hospitalizations or 16.5 per 10,000 people and 247 deaths or 2 | 14 |
| per 100,000 people in 2002; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Asthma accounts for one-quarter of all emergency | 16 |
| room visits in the U.S. each year; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Adults 18 years of age and over who were currently | 18 |
| employed missed 10.1 million work days due to asthma in 2003; |
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| WHEREAS, Nearly 4 million children missed a cumulative | 3 |
| total of 12.8 million school days due to asthma in 2003; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, The annual cost of asthma is estimated to be | 5 |
| nearly $18 billion; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, A clean environment and appropriate asthma care | 7 |
| are critical to the quality of life of our citizens with | 8 |
| asthma; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Access to care for ethnic minorities is often | 10 |
| hampered by socioeconomic disparities, shortages of primary | 11 |
| care physicians in minority communities, language and literacy | 12 |
| barriers, and cultural beliefs about the role and usefulness of | 13 |
| medicine; and
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| WHEREAS, As much as 40% of the risk of asthma in minority | 15 |
| children is attributable to exposure to residential allergens | 16 |
| that could be reduced, if not eliminated; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, If left untreated or poorly controlled, asthma can | 18 |
| cause irreversible damage to the lungs; and
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| WHEREAS, 11 Americans die from asthma each day, which is |
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| more than 4,000 each year; and
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| WHEREAS, Puerto Ricans have the highest asthma mortality | 3 |
| rate of any racial or ethnic subgroup; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, African-Americans are 3 times more likely than | 5 |
| Caucasians to die from asthma; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The death rate for children under 19 years old due | 7 |
| to asthma has increased by nearly 80% since 1980; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Many asthma deaths are avoidable with proper | 9 |
| treatment and care; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, The State bears a responsibility in matters of | 11 |
| public health and the well-being of Illinois citizens and that | 12 |
| includes the quality of life for our citizens with asthma and | 13 |
| those citizens who are at risk for asthma; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, The Illinois Asthma Partnership Strategic Plan | 15 |
| identifies goals for combating the asthma epidemic and | 16 |
| recommends advocating for access to treatment and education for | 17 |
| all persons with asthma, using data to identify and evaluate | 18 |
| asthma interventions and assess the impact of asthma outcomes; | 19 |
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Asthma Partnership Strategic Plan | 2 |
| recommends facilitating the provision of asthma education for | 3 |
| people with asthma and those involved in the care of people | 4 |
| with asthma, promoting asthma awareness, education, and | 5 |
| screening programs in communities; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The Illinois Asthma Partnership Strategic Plan | 7 |
| recommends identifying effective methods of accommodation in | 8 |
| the workplace for employees with asthma that will help prevent | 9 |
| them from work-related exacerbations, increasing awareness | 10 |
| among administrative, management, and human resource personnel | 11 |
| concerning occupational asthma, including risk factors, | 12 |
| impact, prevention strategies, and management; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, The Illinois Asthma Partnership Strategic Plan | 14 |
| recommends developing a statewide communication network to | 15 |
| effectively advocate for the positions of the local asthma | 16 |
| coalitions, encouraging childcare providers and schools to | 17 |
| obtain an appropriate written asthma action plan for every | 18 |
| child with asthma; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, The Illinois Asthma Partnership Strategic Plan | 20 |
| recommends identifying asthma education programs for the | 21 |
| childcare, school, and college communities and supporting the | 22 |
| development of indoor air quality and environmental | 23 |
| improvements in childcare and school communities; therefore, |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that that we urge the | 4 |
| Illinois Department of Public Health to implement the | 5 |
| recommendations within the Illinois Asthma Partnership | 6 |
| Strategic Plan and continue to work in the best interests of | 7 |
| the public health of our citizens with asthma, especially those | 8 |
| minority populations who are at a greater risk for asthma.
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