Proclamation #2022-016PPROCLAMA710.Tf
'Whereas, Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in the world,
and second leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States. More than
one in eight women and one in 833 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer
in their lifetimes. In 2022, an estimated 290,560 Americans will be diagnosed; and
Whereas, The metastatic breast cancer awareness tri-color ribbon includes teal, pink
and green: The teal color portrays healing and spirituality. Green represents the triumph of
spring over winter, life over death, renewal, hope, and immortality and the thin pink
overlay signifies that the cancer originated in the breast; and
Whereas, Metastatic breast cancer occurs when breast cancer spreads to other parts of
the body, including the bones, lungs, liver and brain and has an average life expectancy of
26 months. An estimated 43,780 Americans, will die from breast cancer in 2022, equal to
115 women and men per day, with 98% due to metastatic breast cancer; and
Whereas, Metastatic breast cancer affects all races and socioeconomic classes. While,
Caucasian women see slightly higher incidence rates of breast cancer, the mortality rate for
Black women with breast cancer is 41 percent higher than that of Caucasian women, and
breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer -related death for Hispanic women.
NOW, Therefore, I, Tim Murry, Mayor of the City of Clermont in the State of Florida,
do hereby proclaim the 13th of October, Two Thousand and Twenty Two as:
-Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
In 'Witness 'Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
City of Clermont to be affixed this 1 Ith Day of October in the year Two Thousand and
Twenty Two.
Tim Murry, Mayor
ATTE T:
Tracy Ackr d Howe, MMC
City Clerk