THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY HARHART, BEAR, WATSON, DELOZIER, ROSS, ADOLPH, BAKER, BISHOP, BOBACK, B. BOYLE, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CHRISTIANA, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DAY, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FREEMAN, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, HAHN, HENNESSEY, HESS, KAVULICH, M.K. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MATZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PICKETT, QUINN, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROEBUCK, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TOEPEL, VEREB, PEIFER, KILLION, M. O'BRIEN AND HARHAI, JANUARY 25, 2011

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 25, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing February 4, 2011, as "Wear Red Day" in Pennsylvania

to heighten awareness of heart disease.

WHEREAS, Diseases of the heart are the nation's leading cause

of death, and stroke is the fourth leading cause of death; and

WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease claims the lives of over

421,000 American females each year, approximately one death per

minute; and

WHEREAS, Each year, 52% of all deaths due to cardiovascular

disease and 60% of stroke deaths occur in females; and

WHEREAS, Too many women die each year because they are

unaware that heart disease is their number one killer; and

WHEREAS, In 2007, the direct and indirect cost of

cardiovascular diseases in the United States, including stroke,

was estimated to be $286 billion; and

WHEREAS, Nearly as many women die of heart disease, stroke

and all other cardiovascular diseases than the next four leading

causes of death combined, including all cancers; and

WHEREAS, Only 16% of women surveyed in 2009 identified

cardiovascular disease as the greatest health problem facing

them; and

WHEREAS, February is designated as American Heart Month; and

WHEREAS, Go Red for Women® is the American Heart

Association's national call to increase awareness about heart

disease, the leading cause of death for women, and to inspire

women to take charge of their heart health; and

WHEREAS, All women should learn their own personal risk for

heart disease, using tools such as the American Heart

Association's My Life Check, Go Red for Women® Heart CheckUp, Go

Red for Women® Better U, and by talking to their health care

provider; and

WHEREAS, Making the right choices relating to proper

nutrition, physical activity and other health lifestyle choices

are essential to living a heart healthy life; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize

February 4, 2011, as "Wear Red Day" in Pennsylvania in

recognition of the importance of the ongoing fight against heart

disease and stroke and urge all citizens to show their support

for women and the fight against heart disease by the wearing of

the color red on that day.