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Recognizing February 6, 2009, as National Wear Red | 1 |
Day in Ohio. | 2 |
WHEREAS, Diseases of the heart are the nation's leading cause | 3 |
of death, and stroke is the nation's third leading cause of death; | 4 |
and | 5 |
WHEREAS, Each year, 53 per cent of all deaths from | 6 |
cardiovascular disease and 61 per cent of deaths from stroke occur | 7 |
in women, leading to cardiovascular diseases claiming the lives of | 8 |
nearly 455,000 American women each year, approximately one death | 9 |
per minute; and | 10 |
WHEREAS, In 2008, the direct and indirect cost of | 11 |
cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, in the United States | 12 |
was estimated to be $475.3 billion; and | 13 |
WHEREAS, More women die of heart disease, stroke, and all | 14 |
other cardiovascular disease than the next five leading causes of | 15 |
death combined, including all cancers, but only 21 per cent of | 16 |
women consider cardiovascular disease their greatest health risk; | 17 |
and | 18 |
WHEREAS, February is designated as American Heart Month and | 19 |
Go Red for Women is the American Heart Association's national call | 20 |
to increase awareness about heart disease and to inspire women to | 21 |
take charge of their heart health; and | 22 |
WHEREAS, All women should learn their own personal risk for | 23 |
heart disease, using tools such as the American Heart | 24 |
Association's Go Red Heart CheckUp and by talking to their | 25 |
healthcare providers; and | 26 |
WHEREAS, Making the right choices related to proper | 27 |
nutrition, physical activity, doctor visits, and other healthy | 28 |
lifestyle behaviors is essential to living a heart healthy life; | 29 |
now therefore be it | 30 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Ohio Senate, in | 31 |
recognition of the importance of the ongoing fight against heart | 32 |
disease and stroke, do hereby recognize Friday, February 6, 2009, | 33 |
as National Wear Red Day in Ohio and urge all citizens to show | 34 |
their support for women and the fight against heart disease by | 35 |
commemorating this day by wearing the color red; and be it | 36 |
further | 37 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 42 |
authenticated copies of this resolution to the news media of Ohio. | 43 |