Backup Documents 06/24/2014 Item # 4C PROCLAMATION 40
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, b/adder cancer is
the sixth most common cancer in the United States; and
WHEREAS, among the states Florida has the fourth highest population, the third highest
incidence of bladder cancer, and the second highest number of bladder cancer
deaths in the country; and
WHEREAS, bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the tenth most
common in women; and
WHEREAS, men have a one in 26 chance and women have a one in 90 chance of being
diagnosed with bladder cancer in their lifetimes; and
WHEREAS, this year in the United States, approximately 73,000 new cases of bladder cancer
will be diagnosed and nearly 15,000 people will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS, bladder cancer occurs in more women annually than cervical cancer, and
WHEREAS, women often have a delayed diagnosis due to bladder cancer being mistaken for
common gynecological problems; and
WHEREAS, a high percentage of people suffering from the disease are over the age of 55,
and even though bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the United
States, it ranks twenty-second in research funding; and,
WHEREAS, due to a recurrence rate of 50-80 percent, bladder cancer is one of the most
expensive cancers to treat.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
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Florida, that July 2014 be designated as
BLADDER CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 24th Day of June, 2014
BOARD OF C LINTY OMMISSIONERS
COLLIER UNTY LORIDA
TOM HENNING, CHAIRMAN