2002-09-03 RM Exhibits27.26.1
NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COM-MISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, in the year 2002, the month ófSeptember is declared National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; and
WHEREAS, in the year 2002, approximately 198,000 men in the United States wìlllearn that they have prostate
cancer,-and across the nation prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in men; and
WHEREAS, approximately 31,500 men will lose their lives to this disease this year, and one in six men in the nation
are at risk of prostate cancer during their lifetimes; and
WHEREAS, in the year 2002 in North Carolina 5,600 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 900 wiII die
from it; and
WHEREAS, about 25percentqf prostate cancer occurs in men under the age of 65, during their prime years at work;
and
WHEREAS, at any age prostate cancer devastates families through loss of income, partnership and support; and
WHEREAS, prostate cancer leaves too may parents, women, childrenand other family members without the man they
love; and
WHEREAS, AfricanAmericanfamiliesarc disproportionately affected and African American men in North Carolina
. have one of the highest prostate cancer mortality rates in the world; and
WHEREAS, prostate cancer has accountcd on average for 15 percent of the nation's cancer burden and -IS percent
of mé1le cé1ncer.deaths, yet it has rcceived on average only about 5 percent of the funds this nation commits to cancer
research: and
WHEREAS, research suggests that .mencould reduce their risk ofjprostate cancer mortality if they followed
recommended screening guideIinesincluding examination by a health,care provider; and
WHEREAS, increased 3warenessand use of early detection practices by men are essential to controlling prostate
cancer:
. NO W, TH.ER EFORE, BE· IT RESOLVED, by the New Hanover County Board of Cómmissioners that the month
of September, 2002 be proclaimed National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in New Hanover County, and that all
men and theirfamiliesareencouraged tobecoineaware of their own risks of prostate cancer, to talk to their health care
. providers about prostate cancer, and when appropriate, be screened for the disease.
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Adopted this the 3rd day of September, 2002
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'-.... ~~_ Harrell, Clerk to the Board
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