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| Are You Wearing Red Today? |
The Knox County Health Department with the help of the Knox County Board, among others, has declared February "Go Red for Women" Month. Go Red For Women month's focus is on the public being made aware that heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States, killing more women than their next five causes of death combined.
Gretchen Gonzalez, Community Health Educator for the Knox County Health Department says nearly 42,000 residents in Illinois were affected by heart disease, and of those, almost half were women who died from cardiovascular disease. Gonzalez tells WGIL local residents are particularly at risk from heart and cardiovascular disease.
"2004 data indicates that Knox County sufers from heart disease-related deaths at a rate of 337 out of 100,000," Gonzalez said. "This far exceeds Illinois' rate of 221 out of 100,000."
Gonzalez attributes the high number of cases locally due to, what she calls, pretty high obesity rates, stats higher than the state average. She says some of the causes could be related to a culture of inactivity among the youth in the community and also bad eating habits.
Gonzalez says February is Go Red Month and that today (Friday) is National Wear Red Day. She says you can honor your mother, grandmother, sisters or anyone who has touched your life and those you care about by supporting women and their awareness to fight both heart disease and cardiovascular conditions.
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| 02 05 09 by Newsroom |
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