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z ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Proclamation Breast Cancer Awareness Month and National Mammography Day National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is celebrating its sateenth year of etluceting women about the Importance of eery detection for breea[cencer. During thla time, mammography use has increased substantially and breast cancer death rotes have tleclined. Still, many women tlc not utilize mammography at regular intervals. • Bresat canceristhe mostmmmonly diagnosed cancerand the secontl leatling causebf cancer tleaths among wcmen in [he United States; antl Approxlme[e1y 5,500 NOdh Carolina women will be tllegnosetl wl[h breast cancer and approximately 1,100 North Carolina women will the from the tlisease in 2001; antl •. Women age 65 end olCer ere less likely tc get mammogrems then younger women,even thcugh breast cancer risk increase with age; and • Hispanic women have fewer mammogreme (58 peroent)then Caucaelan women (6a percent) end African American yromen (88 percenq; and • Women below the poverty level are less likely than women at higher inwmes to have had s mammogram within the pest two years; and Mammography use inceasetl between 1989 antl 199] for all groups except American Intliens end Alaskan Natives. In recognition of the fact that mammogrephy is the single most affeaNe method of detecting breast changes Mat may be cancer, long before physical symptoms can be seen or felt, and that breast cancer deaths could decline further if all women age 40 and oltler received mammograms at regular Intervals; end In recognition that "The Pink Ribbon" is the internationally remgnlzetl symbol of breast center and that the Gwemor hoe designated October B-14, 2001 as'Pink Ribbon Week". We the Orange County eoaN of Count' Commissioners, tlo hereby pmdaim October 2001 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month antl October l9"as National Mammdgrephy Day. We urge Orange County resitlents to wear pink ribbons in recognition of breast cancer awareness and in hcnor of women who have lost their INee to hreest cancer, antl to those women who are now courageously fighting the battle with breast cancer Wefurther encourage women to consult with their health care provitler about regular screening antl b promote early detection of breast cancer by having. regular clinical breast examinations, getting regular mammograms, antl practicing monthly breast aeH-examination. This [he 2n° day of October, 2001. Stephen H. Halkiotis, Chair Orenge County Board of Commissioners