OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
2024
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States and causes more deaths than any other gynecologic cancer; and
WHEREAS, in the United States, a woman’s lifetime risk of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer is about 1 in 78; and
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society estimates 19,680 cases of ovarian cancer will be newly diagnosed in 2024, and 12,740 individuals will die from the disease nationwide; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics projects that in 2024, there will be 610 new ovarian cancer cases in our state and 441 deaths from the disease; and
WHEREAS, the five-year survival rate for ovarian cancer is 50 percent, and survival rates vary greatly depending on the stage of diagnosis; and
WHEREAS, there is currently no effective diagnostic tool for screening and early detection; increased public awareness of the symptoms and risk factors of ovarian cancer will enhance chances of early detection and increase survival rates;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim September, 2024, as “OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
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Roy Cooper
Governor
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-third day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.