Senate Bill 1182

    Florida Senate - 2000        (NP)                      SR 1182

    By Senator Kirkpatrick





    5-831-00

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution recognizing June 2000 as Prostate

  3         Cancer Awareness Month.

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  5         WHEREAS, prostate cancer is the most common type of

  6  cancer among men in the United States and in Florida, and the

  7  second leading cause of cancer death among men, and

  8         WHEREAS, an estimated 180,400 men in the United States

  9  will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during 2000, and 13,700

10  of them will be residents of Florida, and

11         WHEREAS, an estimated 31,900 men in the United States

12  will die from prostate cancer in 2000, and 2,400 of them will

13  be residents of Florida, and

14         WHEREAS, men who are members of a racial minority have

15  a 50 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate

16  cancer, and

17         WHEREAS, men who are members of a racial minority and

18  who have prostate cancer are more than twice as likely to die

19  of the disease, and

20         WHEREAS, June is a month in which we commemorate men by

21  the observance of Father's Day and of National Men's Health

22  Week, NOW, THEREFORE,

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24  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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26         That the Florida Senate recognizes June 2000 as

27  Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Florida and urges all men,

28  and particularly members of high-risk populations, to become

29  aware of the risks and symptoms associated with prostate

30  cancer and to be informed about screening tests, methods for

31  early detection, and treatment.

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