The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 19, 1990 - Page 3
Nine
diseases
kill
many
ATLANTA (AP) - Federal
health officials said yesterday that
,nine preventable chronic diseases are
responsible for more than half of the
deaths in this country- but get only
4,2 percent of the public health dollars
spent by states.
Meanwhile, another preventable
cause, injuries, remains the leading
cause of "premature loss of life"
with suicide and homicide and AIDS
also ranking high.
The National Centers for Disease
Control reported that nine chronic
diseases- diseases with long periods
of onset or suffering- by themselves
Saccounted for 1.1 million deaths in
1986, 52 percent of the deaths na-
tionwide.
These are stroke, heart disease,
diabetes, obstructive lung disease,
lung cancer, breast cancer, cervical
cancer, colorectal cancer and cirrhosis
of the liver.
"They're all largely preventable-
or preventable to some extent," said
Dr. Robert Hahn, a CDC epidemiol-
ogist.
Preventable risk factors for those
nine chronic diseases include ci-
garette smoking, overweight, high
blood pressure, drinking and lack of
exercise.
"We know what the risk factors
are, Hahn said. "We know less about
how you get people to act on them.
According to a report from 45
states and the District of Colombia,
less than 2 percent of state public
health expenditures are allocated to
prevent and control chronic diseases,
the CDC said.
"That's low," Hahn said, noting
that other chronic diseases not in-
cluded in the CDC's dangerous nine
also could be targets of increased
public health efforts.
The average state expenditure on
* chronic disease control and preven-
tion is 66 cents per person per year,
Hahn said.
That amount includes money
spent on efforts such as disease
screening programs, but does not in-
clude education or direct doctors' care
at public clinics.
Comparable figures on federal
public health spending for chronic
disease were not available, Hahn
said. Many of the federal govern-
ment's health programs concentrate
on research, epidemiology and educa-
tion, not the traditional screening
and prevention efforts of state-funded
health clinics.
The toll from the CDC's list of
nine chronic diseases included
593,000 deaths from heart disease,
149,000 from stroke, 125,000 from
lung cancer, 71,000 from obstru-
tive lung disease, such as emphy-
sema, and 55,000 from colorectal
cancer.
Four others caused fewer deaths,
but made the CDC's list of nine b-
cause they can be prevented or con-
trolled: breast cancer, 40,000
deaths; diabetes, 37,000; cirrhosis,
26,000; and cervical cancer, 4,500.
The total of 1.1 million deaths is
* 'down about 10 percent from 1979,
Hahn said, largely because of de-
creases in heart disease and stroke.
Earth
Day
coordinator
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visits 'U'
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Juan Andrade, an expert on national and international Hispanic issues and one of the most influential Latinos in the
country, speaking last night on the political empowerment and education of Hispanic Americans. .
Speakers outline Hispanics' status
by Elisabeth Weinstein
On April 22, 1970, 20 million
people - the most in the history of
the world - participated in a
demonstration to protect the
environment.
This year, 115 countries will-join
the U.S. to heighten awareness of
the environment's deterioration.
Though U.S. citizens became
more environmentally conscious
after the 1970 demonstration, there
is "a whole new array of issues to
address now," said Earth Day 1990
National Coordinator Owen Byrd to
about 100 students at the Dana
Natural Resources Building last
night.
Byrd said the world must now
deal with oil spills, energy
conservation, toxic waste, solid
waste, acid rain, animal extinction,
deforestation and a host of other
issues that must be dealt with
immediately.
Because University students have
finals shortly after the national date,
Earth Day will be promoted on
campus during the week of April 2.
Throughout the Earth Day week,
residence hall cafeteria will each
serve one environmentally sound
meal; speakers will come to educate
students; and University groups will
host teach-ins to discuss
environmental problems and
possible solutions.
Asked if he anticipated a big
turnout, Byrd responded simply,
"Millions."
Irwin Weingarten, an engineering
senior who has been involved in
protecting the environment for two
years, said, "Not only do I hope that
people become more aware of the
issues surrounding environmental
protection, but I also expect them o
learn about the actions they can take
to diminish the problem."
LSA senior Brad Kasselm,--
attributed much of his enthusiasm
for the day to Byrd's speech. "Owen
really got me psyched," he said.
"The turnout was better than I had
hoped, and it is important to get
people together. I've always had
strong feelings about preserving the
environment, but Earth Day gives
me something solid to hold on to.
Before, I didn't know where to
channel my energy."
And, Byrd said, energy is exactly
what the world needs.
"This is the first time any
demonstration has been organized
throughout the world," he said. "But
students, because of their
enthusiasm, are going to ensure
protests, and give the campaign its
bite."
by Donna Woodwell
Daily Faculty Reporter
A leading voter registration offi-
cial outlined dozens of economical
and political accomplishments made
by Latinos and Latinas - including
more than 400,000 Hispanic-owned
businesses and 4,000 elected officials
- but said Hispanics still "have one
hand tied behind their backs."
"We have the responsibilities but
not the power to implement them,"
Educator Juan Andrade told 40 stu-
dents and faculty at the Alumni Cen-
ter last night.
Andrade, who in 1984 was named
the most influential Hispanic in the
U.S., spoke during the third panel
discussion of the Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. series on the status of mi-
nority groups in the U.S.
Andrade, executive director of the
Midwest/Northeast Voter Registra-
tion Education Project, opened the
panel with a demographical presenta-
tion about the growing American
Hispanic community.
The Hispanic population is in-
creasing five times faster than the
general population and Hispanics ac-
count for $135 billion of the Ameri-
can economy each year, he said.
For the 1990s he stressed the
need "to concentrate on electing of-
ficials at the local level" who make
the educational, housing and other
grassroots-level decisions which will
affect the Hispanic community.
Andrade said he looks to the his-
torical development of the Black
community for inspiration in the
struggle to prevent gerrymandering
as a result of the 1990 census.
"Hispanics who are well informed
have learned a lot from the experi-
ence of Blacks."
Panel member Barbara Ar-
gumedo, a higher education consul-
tant for the Michigan Department of
Education and chair of the Univer-
sity's Hispanic Alumni, addressed
improving the educational opportu-
nities of Hispanics.
"Our children are underrepresented
in most education programs," she
said. "Many Hispanic parents have
little faith that our children's educa-
tion will be better than our own."
However, she stressed that educa-
tion will improve in the next decade:
"Colleges and universities are recog-
nizing that academic achievement
problems are institutional, not indi-
vidual problems."
"If we do nothing, our fate (in
education) is likely to remain forever
at risk," she said. Argumedo pointed
to legislation and government aid to
assist Hispanics with entering the
"pipeline to higher education."
"The '80s were a decade of oppor-
tunity for Hispanics... the '90s will
be a decade of power," Andrade said.
"We look to double in a decade what
we have done in a lifetime."
I
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Bush labels proposed
tax cut a 'charade'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
dent Bush, trying to prevent a politi-
cal stampede, said yesterday that a
proposed cut in Social Security taxes
was a charade that would force either
an increase in other taxes or a reduc-
tion in retirement benefits.
"And I am not going to do it to
the older people in this country "
Bush said in his first public com-
ment on a proposal by Sen. Daniel
Moynihan (D-N.Y.) to roll back the
Social Security payroll tax increase
that began Jan. 1.
Vice-President Dan Quayle took a
similar stance.
"I think it's a political trap and
once people understand it, they
won't fall for it," Quayle said.
The White House has been put
on the spot by Moynihan's plan be-
cause it has won support across the
political spectrum, even from tradi-
tional allies of the president such as
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and
conservative groups.
Moreover, it has exposed Bush to
criticism that he is espousing a tax
cut for the rich with a cut in capital
gains taxes, while spurning a break
for middle-and low-income Ameri-
cans with a reduction in Social Secu-
rity taxes.
"This is an effort to get me to try
to raise taxes on the American peo-
ple by the charade of cutting them,
or cutting benefits," Bush said.
Moynihan argues that the payroll
tax should be reduced because
mounting surpluses in the Social
Security trust funds are being used
to help offset large budget surpluses
instead of being put away for future
retirement benefits.
Religious
Services
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ST. MARY'S STUDENT PARISH
331 Thompson St.
Weekend liturges: Sat. 5pm, Sun.
8:30 am, 10 am, 12 noon & 5pm
Confessions, Friday 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Catholic Update Class Monday nights,
7 to 8:30 pm
Topic for Jan. 22, "Catholicism and
Authority: A Look at Faith, Theology
and Doctrine."
Bible Study Group Tues. at 7 pm
The Newman Club Thurs. Jan. 25 at 7 pm
CALL 663-0557
All interested men are invited to attend
open rush.
Sunday, January 21 at 4:00-
Thursday, January 25
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Sunday night, serving Uno's pizza
Sigma Nu
700 Oxford
CORRECTIONS
According to an Ann Arbor police report, the alleged sexual assault of a
student reported in Wednesday's Police Notes took place in the Michigan
Union's second floor ballroom. The Daily incorrectly reported this informa-
tion.
THE LIST
What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Friday
Collage Concert - 8:15 at Hill
Auditorium
Michigan Leadership
Conference - registration for
the January 20th conference are
being accepted in Union Rm.
2202
Antigone - The Fine Arts
Repertory Company presents the
play at the Ann Arbor Civic
Theatre Friday and Saturday at 8
p.m. ; tickets $3, $ at the door or
call 662-7282
Sunday
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bass-baritone and Martin Katz,
pianist, perform at 8 p.m. in
Rackham Aud.
Michigan Chamber Players -
the faculty artist group performs
at 8 p.m. in the School of
Music's Recital Hall
Tito Puente Latin Jazz All-
stars - 7:30 in the Power Center;
$12.50 & $16; call 763-TKTS
"The Mother and the Law" -
The D.W. Griffith melodrama; the
film is preceded by Charlie
Chaplin's "Easy Street"; 7 p.m. at
the Michigan Theater; free
admission
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