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          Date of Hearing:  January 28, 2016 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                    Gordon, Chair


          ACR  
                     122 (Burke) - As Introduced  January 20, 2016


          SUBJECT:  American Heart Month and Wear Red Day in California.


          SUMMARY:  Recognizes the month of February 2016 as American  
          Heart Month in California and February 5, 2016, as Wear Red Day  
          in California in order to raise awareness of the importance of  
          the ongoing fight against heart disease and stroke.   
          Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings: 


          1)An estimated 44 million women in the United States are  
            affected by cardiovascular diseases.  Heart disease and stroke  
            kill one in three women in the United States, yet 80 percent  
            of cardiac events may have been prevented.



          2)Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for  
            developing heart disease, yet only one in five women believe  
            that heart disease is her greatest health threat.



          3)Women are less likely to call 911 for themselves when  
            experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than they are if  
            someone else were having a heart attack; and only 36 percent  
            of African American women and 34 percent of Hispanic women  
            know that heart disease is their greatest health risk,  








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            compared with 65 percent of Caucasian women.



          4)According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  
            (CDC), heart disease and stroke account for 31.7 percent of  
            all female deaths in California; a study by the CDC in 2010  
            found that, on average, almost 100 women die from heart  
            disease and stroke in California each day.



          5)The Go Red For Women movement encourages women to take charge  
            of their health and schedule a well-women visit to learn about  
            health status and risk for diseases.
          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          The American Heart/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA)


          Opposition
          None on file


          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800


















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