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4 an ongoing process of identification of existing outdoor privies by requesting the assistance of local school officials and human service providers. FIIRTHER, the Orange County Board of Commissioners will continue to seek funding from federal and state funds to assist in eradication of this problem. FARTHER, all future County Community Development Programs will give priority to communities and dwellings utilizing outdoor privies. VOTE: UNANIMOUS B. PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit to proclaim the month of November as National Diabetes Month as stated below and authorize the Chair to sign: PROCLAMATION To designate the month of November as National Diabetes Month in Orange County. Whereas, diabetes is a problem of grave concern and consequence in American society with serious complications and effects which can be lessened through tight blood glucose monitoring and education as recently proven through the Diabetes Control and Complications Trials (DCCT); and Whereas, more than 13 million people in America, including many people not yet diagnosed, are affected by diabetes with 500,000 new cases diagnosed yearly; and Whereas, diabetes is a leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in Orange County; and Whereas, more than 50,000 lower extremity amputations were performed on people with diabetes annually, a rate 15 times higher than that of the non- diabetic population; and Whereas, death from kidney disease is 500 times more common among young adults with insulin-dependent diabetes than in the general population. Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in adults; and Whereas, half of all people with diabetes have a history of hypertension compared to 20 percent of the general population. People with diabetes are twice as likely as members of the general population to have heart disease and are more likely to die from it; and Whereas, detectable loss of nerve function occurs in approximately 40 percent of persons with diabetes, and after 25 years of the disease, more than 90 percent are affected. Pregnant women with diabetes require intensive prenatal care and their babies are five times more likely to require intensive care during and immediately following birth than other babies; and Whereas, people with diabetes are more than twice as likely to require hospitalization during the year; and