Full Text of HR0148 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, There are nearly 24 million people in the United | 3 | | States with diabetes and 57 million people with pre-diabetes; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Diabetes contributed to the deaths of over 300,000 | 6 | | people in the United States in 2007, making diabetes the | 7 | | seventh leading cause of death; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Every minute, three people are diagnosed with | 9 | | diabetes; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Each day, approximately 4,384 people were | 11 | | diagnosed with diabetes and approximately 1,600,000 new cases | 12 | | of diabetes were diagnosed in people 20 years or older in 2007; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Between 1990 and 2001, diabetes prevalence in the | 15 | | United States increased by more than 60%; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Over 24% of people with diabetes are undiagnosed, | 17 | | down from 30% in 2005 and 50% in 2000; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Over 10% of adults and 23.1% of people age 60 and | 19 | | older in the United States have diabetes; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Diabetes is a serious chronic condition that | 2 | | affects people of every age, race, income level, and ethnicity; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Persons who are Hispanic, African, Asian, Pacific | 5 | | Islander, or Native American are disproportionately affected | 6 | | by diabetes and suffer at rates much higher than the general | 7 | | population; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, 15,000 youths in the United States are diagnosed | 9 | | with type 1 diabetes annually; about 3,700 youths are diagnosed | 10 | | with type 2 diabetes annually; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, One in three people in the United States born in | 12 | | the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime; this | 13 | | statistic grows to nearly one in two for minority populations; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Diabetes cost the United States an estimated $174 | 16 | | billion in 2007; $1 in every $10 spent on health care is | 17 | | attributed to diabetes and its complications; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Approximately one out of every four Medicare | 19 | | dollars is spent on the care of people with diabetes; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Every day, 230 people with diabetes undergo an | 2 | | amputation, 120 people enter end-stage kidney disease | 3 | | programs, and 55 people go blind from diabetes; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, There is not yet a cure for diabetes; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, There are proven means to reduce the incidence of | 6 | | and delay the onset of type 2 diabetes; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, People with diabetes live healthy and productive | 8 | | lives with proper management and treatment; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, National Diabetes Month is celebrated in the month | 10 | | of November; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we designate November of 2011 as Diabetes Awareness Month in | 14 | | the State of Illinois in order to raise public awareness about | 15 | | stopping diabetes and increase education about the disease; and | 16 | | be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize the importance of early | 18 | | detection, awareness of the symptoms of diabetes, and the risk | 19 | | factors for type 2 diabetes, which include being over the age | 20 | | of 45, coming from certain ethnic backgrounds, being |
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| 1 | | overweight, having a low physical activity level, high blood | 2 | | pressure, and a family history of diabetes or a history of | 3 | | diabetes during pregnancy; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That we support efforts to decrease the | 5 | | prevalence of diabetes, develop better treatments, and work | 6 | | toward an eventual cure for type 1 and type 2 diabetes through | 7 | | increased research, treatment, and prevention.
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