IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 288 
Supporting National Men’s Health Week. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2010 
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. CAS-
TLE, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. TAN-
NER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. HILL, 
Ms. FUDGE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FILNER, Mr. JACKSON of 
Illinois, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Ms. 
CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. CLAY, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. KILPATRICK 
of Michigan, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HARE, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting National Men’s Health Week. 
Whereas despite the advances in medical technology and re-
search, men continue to live an average of more than 5 
years less than women and African-American men have 
the lowest life expectancy; 
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Whereas 9 of the 10 leading causes of death, as defined by 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, affect 
men at a higher percentage than women; 
Whereas between the ages of 45 and 54, men are 11⁄2 times 
more likely than women to die of heart attacks; 
Whereas men die of heart disease at 11⁄2 times the rate of 
women; 
Whereas men die of cancer at almost 11⁄2 times the rate of 
women; 
Whereas testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers 
in men between the ages of 15 and 34, and when de-
tected early, has a 96 percent survival rate; 
Whereas the number of cases of colon cancer among men was 
almost 49,470 in 2010, and almost half of such men died 
from the disease; 
Whereas the likelihood that a man will develop prostate can-
cer is 1 in 6; 
Whereas the number of men developing prostate cancer in 
2010 will reach more than 217,730 and an estimated 
32,050 of them will die from the disease; 
Whereas African-American men in the United States have the 
highest incidence of prostate cancer in the world; 
Whereas significant numbers of male-related health problems, 
such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, infertility, and 
colon cancer, could be detected and treated if men’s 
awareness of such problems was more pervasive; 
Whereas more than half of the elderly widows now living in 
poverty were not poor before the death of their husbands, 
and by age 100 women outnumber men 4 to 1; 
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Whereas educating both the public and health care providers 
about the importance of early detection of male health 
problems will result in reducing rates of mortality for 
these diseases; 
Whereas appropriate use of tests such as Prostate Specific 
Antigen (PSA) exams and blood pressure and cholesterol 
screens, in conjunction with clinical examination and self- 
testing for problems such as testicular cancer, can result 
in the detection of many of these problems in their early 
stages and increases in the survival rates to nearly 100 
percent; 
Whereas women are twice as likely as men to visit the doctor 
for annual examinations and preventive services; 
Whereas men are less likely than women to visit their health 
center or physician for regular screening examinations of 
male-related problems for a variety of reasons, including 
fear, lack of health insurance, lack of information, and 
cost factors; 
Whereas National Men’s Health Week was established by 
Congress and first celebrated in 1994 and urges men and 
their families to engage in appropriate health behaviors, 
and the resulting increased awareness has improved 
health-related education and helped prevent illness; 
Whereas the Governors of all 50 States issue proclamations 
annually declaring Men’s Health Week in their States; 
Whereas since 1994, National Men’s Health Week has been 
celebrated each June by dozens of States, cities, local-
ities, public health departments, health care entities, 
churches, and community organizations throughout the 
Nation that promote health awareness events focused on 
men and family; 
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