PRINTER'S NO. 1724
No. 227 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, ORIE, FERLO, KASUNIC, STOUT, PUNT, RAFFERTY, REGOLA, HUGHES, WOZNIAK, MELLOW, C. WILLIAMS, COSTA, MUSTO, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, PIPPY, STACK, FOLMER, ARMSTRONG, WAUGH, BOSCOLA, LOGAN, TOMLINSON, PILEGGI, LAVALLE, EARLL, BAKER, D. WHITE, BRUBAKER, WASHINGTON, WONDERLING, GREENLEAF AND FUMO, JANUARY 30, 2008
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 30, 2008
A RESOLUTION 1 Designating February 1, 2008, as "Wear Red for Women Day" in 2 Pennsylvania. 3 WHEREAS, Diseases of the heart are the nation's leading cause 4 of death, and stroke is the third leading cause of death; and 5 WHEREAS, Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) claim the lives of 6 more than 460,000 women in the United States each year, with 7 about one death per minute; and 8 WHEREAS, Each year, 53% of all CVD deaths occur in women, as 9 compared to 47% in men; and 10 WHEREAS, About 32,500 more women than men die from a stroke; 11 and 12 WHEREAS, In 2008 the estimated direct and indirect cost of 13 CVD and stroke in the United States will be $448.5 billion; and 14 WHEREAS, More women die from CVD than from the next five 15 leading causes of death combined, including all cancers; and 16 WHEREAS, Only 21% of women consider CVD their greatest health
1 risk; and 2 WHEREAS, February is designated as "American Heart Month"; 3 and 4 WHEREAS, "Go Red for Women" is the American Heart 5 Association's national call to increase awareness of CVD, the 6 leading cause of death for women, and to inspire women to take 7 charge of their heart health; and 8 WHEREAS, All women should learn their own personal risk for 9 heart disease using tools such as the American Heart 10 Association's Go Red For Women Heart CheckUp and by talking to 11 their health care provider; and 12 WHEREAS, By increasing awareness and empowering women to 13 reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease, we can save 14 thousands of lives each year; therefore be it 15 RESOLVED, That the Senate, in recognition of the importance 16 of the ongoing fight against heart disease and stroke, designate 17 February 1, 2008, as "Wear Red for Women Day" in Pennsylvania 18 and urge all citizens to show their support for women and the 19 fight against heart disease by wearing red on this day. A4L82JLW/20080S0227R1724 - 2 -