Backup Documents 11/10/2009 Item # 4D
PROCLAMA TION
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WHEREAS, Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin
is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other foods into energy
needed for daily life, Diabetes is a chronic, incurable disease that affects more than
twenty-three million children and adults in America, about 8% of the total population,
yet within the African American ethnic group, this reaches almost 15%: and.
WHEREAS, between 25 and 50% of people with diabetes do not know that they have diabetes and
another 57 million Americans have pre-diabetes, a condition that puts them at the
highest risk for developing type 2 diabetes: and.
WHEREAS, African Americans, Hisponic/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. Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents,
although still rare, is being diagnosed more frequently among these ethnic graups: and.
WHEREAS, the economic cost of diabetes and diabetes-related complications to the United States
has been estimated at $174 billion annually: and.
WHEREAS, based on death certificate data, diabetes contributed to 233,619 deaths in 2005.
Studies indicate that diabtltes is generally under-reported on death certificates,
particularly in the cases of aid.,. persons with multiple chranic conditions such as heart
disease and hypertension. 8IIcause of this, the toll of diabetes is believed to be much
higher than officially reported: and.
WHEREAS, an increase in community awareness of risk factors and symptoms related to diabetes
can improve the likelihood that people with pre-diabetes receill/ll the affention they ne.d
before developing the disease and its devastating complications: and.
WHEREAS, the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization have observed
World Diabetes Day since 1991 and the United Nations General Assembly has
designated the current World Diabetes Day, November 14, as an official United Nations
World Health Day.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of CQunfy Commissioners of Collier County, Florida,
that November, 2009 be designated as
DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH
and call upon the people of Collier County 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 accessing the medical care that
Collier County provides to its citizens.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 10th Day of November, 2009.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY. FLORIDA
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