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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Stewart
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
01/23/07
HB HM 5
SHORT TITLE “Wear Red For Women Day"
SB
ANALYST Hanika Ortiz
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
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or Non-Rec
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Affected
FY07
FY08
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SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Memorial 5 requests the New Mexico State Senate proclaim February 2, 2007 “Wear Red
for Women Day" and that all New Mexicans be encouraged to show their support for women and
their fight against heart disease and stroke by commemorating this day by wearing the color red.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
February has been designated as “American Heart" month. “Go Red for Women" is the Ameri-
can Heart Association’s national call to increase awareness about heart disease, the leading cause
of death for women, and to inspire women to take charge of their health by learning their own
personal risk factors for heart disease and stroke and by talking to their health care providers.
In the United States each year, fifty-three percent of all cardiovascular disease deaths occur in
women as compared to forty-seven percent in men with the estimated direct and indirect care
costs in 2007 at $431,800,000,000.
HM 5 seeks to bring awareness of this women’s health care issue to our community as only thir-
teen percent (13%) of women consider cardiovascular disease their greatest health risk even
though more women die of cardiovascular disease than the next five leading causes of death
combined, including all cancers.
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