Full Text of HR0662 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Diabetes affects more than 29 million Americans, | 3 | | including approximately
1.3 million Illinoisans, or 12.8% of | 4 | | the population in Illinois, and is a chronic
condition that | 5 | | occurs when the body does not properly produce or use the | 6 | | hormone
insulin, which regulates blood sugar; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of | 8 | | diabetes, representing an
estimated 90 to 95% of all diagnosed | 9 | | adult diabetes in the United States; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death | 11 | | nationally; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Of the more than 29 million people who have | 13 | | diabetes nationally, more than
eight million are undiagnosed | 14 | | and unaware they have the disease; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The estimated total cost of diabetes in Illinois | 16 | | is an estimated $12.2 billion
each year due to serious health | 17 | | complications, including heart disease, stroke,
amputation, | 18 | | end-stage kidney disease, blindness, and death; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease, a class of diseases | 20 | | involving the heart or blood
vessels, is the leading cause of |
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| 1 | | death associated with diabetes due to complications
associated | 2 | | with the disease, such as high blood sugar, high blood | 3 | | pressure, and obesity,
which can result in heart attacks, heart | 4 | | failure, and stroke; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, People with Type 2 diabetes are two to four times | 6 | | more likely to develop
cardiovascular disease; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes increases with | 8 | | age and affects more than
one in four seniors over the age of | 9 | | 65 in the United States; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, A recent study shows that 52% of adults living | 11 | | with type 2 diabetes
are unaware that they are at increased | 12 | | risk of cardiovascular disease; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Diabetes costs America $245 billion annually, | 14 | | with direct medical costs
accounting for $176 billion of the | 15 | | total costs in 2012; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Appropriate awareness and education about the | 17 | | cardiovascular risks
associated with diabetes can effectively | 18 | | improve the overall outcome and reduce the
financial burden of | 19 | | the illness; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Public Health and other |
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| 1 | | partners are seeking to
promote awareness, education, and | 2 | | action related to diabetes and the link to
cardiovascular | 3 | | disease; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, It is essential that state agencies, public health | 5 | | authorities, health care
providers, insurers, and other health | 6 | | care stakeholders promote education and
awareness of the | 7 | | connection between diabetes and cardiovascular disease, risk | 8 | | factors and opportunities to promote better health for | 9 | | individuals and populations at risk; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 | | declare November of 2017 as "Diabetes and Heart Disease | 13 | | Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage organizations to
raise | 15 | | awareness of and address the connection between diabetes and | 16 | | cardiovascular
disease.
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