Women’s Lung Health Week
WHEREAS, every five minutes, a woman in the United States is told she has lung cancer; and
WHEREAS, lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in women in the United States; and
WHEREAS, over the past 37 years the lung cancer death rate in women has almost doubled; and
WHEREAS, more than 3,200 people died from lung cancer in Alabama in 2014; and
WHEREAS, the age-adjusted lung cancer death rate in Alabama is 60.0 per 100,000, significantly higher than the United States 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 United States 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 and other lung diseases and will ultimately save lives; and
WHEREAS, LUNG FORCE is the national movement led by the American Lung Association, with the mission of making lung cancer 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 2015, as
Women’s Lung Health Week
in the state of Alabama.
Provided by the Office of the Governor of Alabama | governor.alabama.gov