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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Stewart

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/23/07

HB HM 5

SHORT TITLE “Wear Red For Women Day"

SB

ANALYST Hanika Ortiz

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

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or Non-Rec

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FY07

FY08

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SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Memorial 5 requests the New Mexico State Senate proclaim February 2, 2007 “Wear Red

for Women Day" and that all New Mexicans be encouraged to show their support for women and

their fight against heart disease and stroke by commemorating this day by wearing the color red.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

February has been designated as “American Heart" month. “Go Red for Women" is the Ameri-

can Heart Association’s national call to increase awareness about heart disease, the leading cause

of death for women, and to inspire women to take charge of their health by learning their own

personal risk factors for heart disease and stroke and by talking to their health care providers.

In the United States each year, fifty-three percent of all cardiovascular disease deaths occur in

women as compared to forty-seven percent in men with the estimated direct and indirect care

costs in 2007 at $431,800,000,000.

HM 5 seeks to bring awareness of this women’s health care issue to our community as only thir-

teen percent (13%) of women consider cardiovascular disease their greatest health risk even

though more women die of cardiovascular disease than the next five leading causes of death

combined, including all cancers.

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