Backup Documents 11/18/2014 Item # 4G PROCLAMATION 4G
WHEREAS, Diabetes is a chronic, incurable disease that affects more than twenty-six million
children and adults in America, about 8% of the total population, yet almost 15% of
African American; and,
WHEREAS, Another 79 mi//ion Americans have pre-diabetes, a condition that puts them at the
highest risk for developing type 2 diabetes; and
WHEREAS, Medical statistics show that African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American
Indians, and some Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders"
are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes and its complications; this includes a
more frequent diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents; and
WHEREAS, Diabetes is generally under-reported on death certificates, particularly in the cases
of older persons with multiples chronic conditions such as heart disease and
hypertension, so the toll of diabetes is believed to be much higher than officially
reported; and
WHEREAS, 25% and 509 of people with diabetes do not know that they have the disease and
high risk ethnic groups are in great need of a multi-lingual awareness campaign since
1991, the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization have
observed World Diabetes Day as an official United Nations World Health Day; and
WHEREAS, the worldwide observed day includes an increase in community awareness of risk
factors and symptoms related to diabetes can improve the likelihood that people at
risk for developing diabetes receive the intervention they need; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County community is urged to combat this disease and its life-threatening
complications by familiarizing themselves with the diabetes warning signs, making
healthy lifestyle choices with respect to diet and activities, and by accessing the
best quality of care that Collier County provides to its citizens.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida,
that November 2014, be designated as
DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 18th Day of November 2014.
BOARD OF C LINTY ,1 MMISSIONERS
COLLIER NTY /ORIDA
•TOM HENNING, CHAIRMAN