HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04031984 - 1.18 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on April 3 , 1984 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, MCPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Powers
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Proclaiming April 2-8 , 1984 , as "Cancer Awareness Week"
WHEREAS, the lifestyles and environments of Americans
play a large part in a person ' s cancer risk factors ; and
WHEREAS , the personal habits Americans choose and the
health actions they take can save their lives by significantly
decreasing their cancer risk; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 384 , 000 American men and women
will discover they have cancer of the lung, breast or bowel this
year, making them the three most frequently occurring forms of the
disease ; and
WHEREAS , an estimated 58 , 000 Americans will die this
year of bowel cancer, although more than 75 percent of them could
have been saved when three simple tests- -the stool blood test, the
digital rectal exam and the procto test--are administered by a doctor
during an annual health checkup ; and
WHEREAS , approximately 121 , 000 Americans will die this
year from lung cancer (the number one cause of death among women)
when 75 percent of these people could be saved if they did not
smoke ; and
WHEREAS , an estimated 37 , 000 women will die from breast
cancer (the number two cause of death in women) while this disease
is almost 90 percent curable when detected early by a self-exam or
mammogram (depending on age) ;
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society believes the more
people know about cancer the more lives will be saved;
On the recommendation of Supervisor Tom Torlakson, IT IS
BY THE BOARD ORDERED that April 2-8 , 1984 is proclaimed "Cancer
Awareness Week . "
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on ttie minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on tha date shown.
ATTESTED:
J.R. OLSScx; COUNTY CLERK
.and ex officio Clerk cf the Board
,Deputy
Orig. Dept.: Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Cc: County Administrator
American Cancer Society
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