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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Harris
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Men's Health Center
FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Health and the Director of the Division of Clinical Services of the Baltimore City Health Department to report to the City Council on the status of the Men's Health Center, the utilization rate by the target population, the number and type of direct and referral services provided, and plans for the continuing delivery of primary care, substance abuse treatment, and other medical services to uninsured male residents of Baltimore City.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2003, just over a million American men died. Nearly 80% of them died from heart disease or one of the 9 other major causes of death among American men - cancer, unintentional injuries, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, suicide, kidney disease, and Alzheimer's disease.
In adopting C.C. 05-0090R - The 21st Century Commission on African American Males in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area - , the Council reconvened the Commission to, in part, assess the health status of black males. The original Commission was created to address the fact that, in 1995, the CDC found that the life expectancy of this population is shorter than that of men of other races and that they ...
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