PRINTER'S NO. 447
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
25
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, HAYWOOD, WOZNIAK, KITCHEN, BAKER,
TEPLITZ, GREENLEAF, DINNIMAN, SCHWANK, FARNESE, FONTANA,
BREWSTER, PILEGGI, COSTA, AUMENT, WHITE, VANCE, SMITH,
VULAKOVICH, HUGHES, ALLOWAY, RAFFERTY AND BOSCOLA,
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing February 6, 2015, as "National Wear Red Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Heart disease is the number one killer of women, yet
80% of cardiac events can be prevented; and
WHEREAS, Cardiovascular diseases cause one in three women's
deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute;
and
WHEREAS, An estimated 44 million women in the United States
are affected by cardiovascular diseases; and
WHEREAS, Ninety percent of women have one or more risk
factors for developing heart disease, yet only one in five
American women believes that heart disease is the greatest
health threat; and
WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died from heart
disease; and
WHEREAS, Women comprise only 24% of participants in all
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