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GA HR1269
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/6/2014
Primary Sponsor
Katie Dempsey
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AI Summary
- Recognizes February 7, 2014, as National Wear Red Day at the Georgia state capitol, marking the tenth annual observance, and encourages all citizens to wear red in support of women's heart disease awareness
- Notes that heart disease is the number one killer of women, causing one in three women's deaths each year and killing approximately one woman every minute
- Highlights that an estimated 43 million women in the U.S. are affected by cardiovascular diseases, yet only one in five women recognize heart disease as their greatest health threat
- Points out that women comprise only 24 percent of participants in heart-related studies and that more women than men have died annually from heart disease since 1984
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to the American Heart Association
Legislative Description
National Wear Red Day at the state capitol; February 7, 2014; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
2/6/2014
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