Full Text of HR0729 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Currently, some 8 million women in the United | 3 | | States are living with heart disease, yet only one in 5 | 4 | | American women believe that heart disease is her greatest | 5 | | health threat; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, 90% of women have one or more risk factors for | 7 | | developing heart disease; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, 26% of women die within a year of suffering a | 9 | | heart attack, compared with 19% of men; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, While one in 30 American women die from breast | 11 | | cancer each year, one in 3 die of cardiovascular disease; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease claims the lives of over | 13 | | 419,000 American females each year, almost one death per | 14 | | minute; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Only 43% of African-American women and 44% of | 16 | | Hispanic women know that heart disease is their greatest health | 17 | | risk, compared with 60% of white women; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Nearly as many women die of heart disease, stroke, | 19 | | and all other cardiovascular diseases than the next 3 leading |
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| 1 | | causes of death combined, including all cancers; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Only 16% of women surveyed in 2009 identified | 3 | | cardiovascular disease as the greatest health problem facing | 4 | | them; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In women, heart disease is too often a silent | 6 | | killer, compared with most men; less than one-third of women in | 7 | | a recent survey reported any early warning signs, such as chest | 8 | | pain or discomfort, before a heart attack; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Common symptoms for women included pain of the | 10 | | jaw, arm, or back, but most reported a delay in seeking | 11 | | treatments after the symptoms began anywhere from 15 minutes to | 12 | | 2 weeks; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Women are less likely to call 911 for themselves | 14 | | when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than if someone | 15 | | else were having a heart attack; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, "Go Red For Women" is the American Heart | 17 | | Association's national call to increase awareness about heart | 18 | | disease, the leading cause of death for women, and to inspire | 19 | | women to take charge of their heart health; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, All women should learn their own personal risk for |
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| 1 | | heart disease by using tools such as the American Heart | 2 | | Association's "My Life Check", the "Go Red For Women Heart | 3 | | CheckUp", and "Go Red For Women Better U", and by talking to | 4 | | their healthcare provider; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Making the right choices relating to proper | 6 | | nutrition, physical activity, and other healthy lifestyle | 7 | | choices are essential to living a heart healthy life; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that, | 11 | | in recognition of the importance of the ongoing fight against | 12 | | heart disease and stroke, we designate the month of February | 13 | | 20one2 as "Go Red For Women Month" in the State of Illinois; | 14 | | and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That we urge all citizens to show their support | 16 | | for women's health, join the fight against heart disease and | 17 | | stroke, increase their awareness of these deadly diseases, and | 18 | | empower women to reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease | 19 | | and stroke so that thousands of lives can be saved each year.
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