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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lopez
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
01-31-08
HB
SHORT TITLE “Wear Red Day"
SM 20
ANALYST Padilla
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Memorial 20 (SM 20) resolves that by the Senate of the State of New Mexico that, in
recognition of the importance of the ongoing fight against heart disease and stroke, Friday,
February 1, 2008, be proclaimed “Wear Red Day" at the Senate. All New Mexicans are
encouraged to show their support for women and the fight against heart disease by
commemorating this day by wearing the color red.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
SJM 20 proclaims the following:
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Diseases of the heart are the nation’s leading cause of death and stroke is the nation’s
third-leading cause of death; and
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Cardiovascular disease claim the lives of over four hundred sixty thousand American
women each year, which is an estimated one death per minute; and
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Each year, fifty-three percent of all cardiovascular-disease deaths occur in women as
compared to forty-seven percent in men; and
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Each year, approximately thirty-two thousand eight hundred more women than men die
from a stroke; and
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The estimated costs, both direct and indirect, of cardiovascular diseases and stroke in
New Mexico in 2008 are nine hundred million ($900,000,000); and
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More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next five leading causes of death
combined, including all cancers; and
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Only twenty-one percent of women consider cardiovascular disease their greatest health
risk; and
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February is designed as “American Heart Month;" and
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“Go Red for Women" is the American 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 heart health; and