Women’s Lung Health Week
WHEREAS, every five minutes, a woman in the United States is told she has lung cancer; and
WHEREAS, the lung cancer death rate in women has more than doubled over the past 35 years; and
WHEREAS, more than 3,200 people died from lung cancer in Alabama in 2010; and
WHEREAS, the age-adjusted lung cancer death rate in Alabama is 60.0 per 100,000, significantly higher than the US rate of 47.6 per 100,000; and
WHEREAS, the age-adjusted lung cancer death rate for women in Alabama is 41.1 per 100,000, significantly higher than the US rate among women of 38.1 per 100,000; and
WHEREAS, advocacy and increased awareness will result in more and better treatment for women with lung cancer, COPD, asthma and other lung diseases and will ultimately save lives; and
WHEREAS, LUNG FORCE is the new national movement led by the American Lung Association, with the mission of making lung cancer and lung disease history – uniting women to stand together with a collective strength and determination to lead the fight against lung cancer and for lung health:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of the State of Alabama, do hereby proclaim the second week of May 2014, as
Women’s Lung Health Week
in the state of Alabama.
Provided by the Office of the Governor of Alabama | governor.alabama.gov