HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-113RESOLUTION DECLARING OCTOBER 1996
AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
WHEREAS, in 1996, approximately 20,000 California women will
be diagnosed with breast cancer, and nearly 5,040 will die from the
disease. In the North State, one woman every day is diagnosed with
breast cancer, and
WHEREAS, 182,000 women in this country will be diagnosed with
breast cancer this year and 46,040--one every 12 minutes--will die
as a result of this disease. We do not know how to prevent breast
cancer ar how to cure it. Medical treatment for breast cancer
costs this nation ~6 billion annually. This does nat include the
cost associated with lost lives, lost productivity, and the
devastation to families; and
WHEREAS,the death or illness of a woman due to breast cancer
affects her family, whether she is a mother, a sister, or a
daughter, and ultimately affects her community as well; and
WHEREAS, research shows that breast cancer mortality could be
reduced by at least 30 percent if women followed recommended breast
cancer screening guidelines. Research also shows that only a very
low percentage of women in our area are getting screening
mammograms; and
WHEREAS, recommended, life-saving early detection methods
include these regular screenings for breast cancer: routine
mammography, examination by a physician, and monthly breast self-
examination; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in recognition of the important, early
detection practices available for breast cancer, the Butte County
Board of Supervisors hereby proclaims October 1996, as Breast
Cancer Awareness Month, and urges all Butte County women to become
aware that they are at risk, and to discuss a screening program
with their health care providers.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of October by the Butte County
Board of Supervisors by the following vote:
AYES: Supexvisors Meyex, Dolan, Houx and Chair McLaughlin
NOES : None
ABSENT : Supervisor Thomas
NOT VOTING : None
ATTEST:
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ED MC LAUGHLIN, it
Board of Supervisors
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisars
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