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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Heart disease is the Number 1 killer of women, yet eighty percent of cardiac events can
be prevented; and
WHEREAS, cardiovascular diseases cause one in three women’s deaths each year, killing
approximately one woman every minute; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 44 million women in the U.S. are affected by cardiovascular diseases; and
WHEREAS, ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease, yet
only one in five American women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat; and
WHEREAS, since 1984, more women than men have died each year from heart disease; and
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, women involved with the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement
live healthier lives; nearly ninety percent have made at least one healthy behavior change; and
WHEREAS, Go Red for Women is asking all Americans to Go Red by wearing red and speaking red:
Get Your Numbers, Own Your Lifestyle, Raise Your Voice, Educate Your Family and Don’t be Silent.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DALE ROSS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
TEXAS, do hereby proclaim Friday, February 5, 2016 as
NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY
In Georgetown, Texas