,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ade  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1 
#bjac ,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,schatz7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,promoting     
minority health awareness and supporting
 the goals and ideals of ,national      
,minority ,health ,month in ,april #bjac
 to bring attention to the health       
disparities faced by minority           
populations such as ,american ,indians  
and ,alaska ,natives1 ,asians1 ,blacks  
or ,african ,americans1 ,hispanics or   
,latinos1 and ,native ,hawaiians and    
other ,pacific ,islanders4  ,whereas in 
#bjaa1 the ,department of ,health and   
,human ,services released the ,national 
,stakeholder ,strategy for ,achieving   
,health ,equity and the ,disparities    
action ,plan to reduce health care      
disparities in the ,united ,states2     
,whereas a recent analysis estimates    
that the economy of the ,united ,states 

loses an estimated #cji1jjj1jjj1jjj a   
year due to the direct and indirect     
costs of health disparities2 ,whereas   
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services has identified #f main        
categories in which racial and ethnic   
minorities experience the most disparate
 access to health care and health       
outcomes1 including infant mortality1   
cancer screening and management1        
cardiovascular disease1 diabetes1 ,,hiv 
and ,,aids infection1 and immunizations2
 ,whereas ,african-,american women are  
more than twice as likely to die of     
cervical cancer than ,white women and   
are more likely to die of breast cancer 
than women of any other racial or ethnic
 group2 ,whereas the rate of death from 
coronary heart disease is #cj percent   
higher among ,african ,americans than   
among ,whites2 ,whereas the death rate  
from stroke is #ej percent higher among 
,african ,americans than among ,whites2 
,whereas in #bjab1 as compared to       
non-,hispanic ,whites living in ,hawaii1

 ,native ,hawaiians had more than twice 
the rate of medically-diagnosed diabetes
 and were #e4g times more likely to die 
of diabetes2 ,whereas compared to       
non-,hispanic ,white men1 ,african      
,american men are #i4e times more likely
 to die of ,,aids and ,hispanic men are 
#b4e times more likely to die of ,,aids2
 ,whereas in #bjaj1 #hd percent of      
children born with ,,hiv infection      
belonged to minority groups2 ,whereas   
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services has identified diseases of the
 heart1 malignant neoplasm1             
unintentional injuries1 diabetes1 and   
cerebrovascular disease as some of the  
leading causes of death among ,american 
,indians and ,alaska ,natives2 ,whereas 
,american ,indians and ,alaska ,natives 
die at higher rates than other people in
 the ,united ,states from tuberculosis1 
diabetes1 unintentional injuries1 and   
suicide2 and ,whereas ,american ,indians
 and ,alaska ,natives have a life       
expectancy that is #e4b years shorter   

than the life expectancy of the overall 
population of the ,united ,states3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate    
supports the goals and ideals of        
,national ,minority ,health ,month in   
,april #bjac to bring attention to the  
severe health disparities faced by      
minority populations such as ,american  
,indians and ,alaska ,natives1 ,asians1 
,blacks or ,african ,americans1         
,hispanics or ,latinos1 and ,native     
,hawaiians and other ,pacific           
,islanders4