Proclamation - City Council - 11/15/2016 - World Pancreatic Cancer DayStan Ridgeway
Mayor
City of Eagle
P.O. Box 1520
Eagle, Idaho 83616
208-939-6813
Council Members:
Jeff Kunz
Stan Bastian
Naomi Preston
Craig Soelberg
World Pancreatic Cancer Day Proclamation
November 17, 2016
WHEREAS in 2016, an estimated 53,070 people in the United States will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,
one of the deadliest cancers, and 41,780 will die from the disease;
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer surpassed breast cancer this year to become the third leading cause of cancer death
in the United States, and it is projected to become the second leading cause by 2020;
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits at
just eight percent;
WHEREAS when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is generally in later stages, and 71
percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis;
WHEREAS approximately 210 deaths will occur in Idaho in 2016;
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer -related death in men and women
across the world;
WHEREAS there will be an estimated 418,451 new pancreatic cancer cases diagnosed worldwide in 2020;
WHEREAS the good health and well-being of the residents of the City of Eagle are enhanced as a direct result of
increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes and effective treatments;
therefore be it
RESOLVED that I, Stan Ridgeway, as Mayor of Eagle, Idaho designate November 17 as "World Pancreatic
Cancer Day" in the City of Eagle.
DATED this 151 day of November 2016.
Stan Ridgeway,
Mayor of Eagle
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