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President Transmits Second Annual Report of the Director of the National Lung Institute to Congress [Letter]
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Digitized from Box 12 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
I an transmitting herewith the Second Annual Report
of the Director of the National Lung Institute, as required
by the National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Act
of 1972. This report was prepared in consultation with the
National Heart and Lung Advisory Council, and it is accompanied
by a program plan for the next five years.
The five year resource allocation projection proposes
two levels of expenditures for fiscal years 1977 through
1981, both of which are in excess of what has been requested
in the 1976 budget. The report states that these projected
expenditures are based on scientific judgment of these
particular research areas, but correctly recognizes that
the allocation of national resources for the program must be
determined in relationship to other competing national needs
and in accord with the total resources available for Federal
programs.
The report describes encouraging progress. Since 1969,
deaths caused by the number one killer coronary heart
disease have shown a decline of about two percent, or
14,000 deaths, per year. Deaths from stroke, hypertension
and rheumatic heart disease are continuing their downward
trend, and the death rate from emphysema and chronic
bronchitis, after years of sharp increases, has leveled
off.
Investments in the National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung,
and Blood Program are showing results. I am hopeful that
this momentum will be maintained and, through successful
research and its application in medical practice, loss of
lives from heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases
will be further reduced.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 27, 1975
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