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 PUBLIC LAW 100-315—MAY 10, 1988

102 STAT. 465

Public Law 100-315 100th Congress Joint Resolution Designating the week of May 8, 1988, through May 14, 1988, as "National Osteoporosis Prevention Week of 1988".

Whereas osteoporosis, a degenerative bone condition, afflicts twentyfour million people in the United States; Whereas osteoporosis, afflicts 90 per centum of women over age 75; Whereas 50 per centum of all women in the United States over age 45 will develop some form of osteoporosis; Whereas hip fractures are the most disabling outcome of osteoporosis, and 32 per centum of women and 17 per centum of men who live to age 90 will likely suffer a hip fracture due primarily to osteoporosis; Whereas the mortality rates for people who suffer a hip fracture increase by 20 per centum, with such fractures resulting in the death of over fifty thousand older women and many older men each year; Whereas 15 to 25 per centum of people who suffer a hip fracture stay in a long-term care facility for at least one year after the fracture occurs, and 25 to 35 per centum of people who return home from a long-term care facility after recovering from a hip fracture require assistance with daily living after returning home; Whereas the total cost to society of dealing with osteoporosis was $7,000,000,000 to $10,000,000,000 in 1986 and such cost is expected to rise as the population ages; Whereas osteoporosis is associated with the loss of bone mass due to a lack of estrogen as a result of menopause, alcohol or cigarette use, and low calcium intake; Whereas exercise and proper nutrition before an individual is age 35 will build bone mass to help prevent osteoporosis; and Whereas people who suffer from osteoporosis should be aware of the increased risk of bone fractures, and should take precautions to reduce the chance of accidents that may result in bone fractures due primarily to osteoporosis: Now, therefore, be it

May 10, 1988 [S.J. Res. 250]

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