Stan

But this is these are things that really kind of hit me as I was reading this.

Alzheimer's disease was officially listed as the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

This is back in 2019.

And actually, it dropped to seventh when COVID

hit the scene.

More than 11 million Americans provide unpaid care for a family member or friend with dementia.

That to me is pretty disturbing.

And then of course, this is getting into the equity arena now, which I really wanna kind of touch base with.

Black Americans are about two times more likely than white Americans

to have Alzheimer's.

Hispanics are about one and a half times.

By 2050, in 25 years, Asian Americans are projected to comprise nearly 8% of those 65 and older that, and then they're at a higher risk for that.

I mean, it goes on and on.

Almost two thirds of those living with Alzheimer's are women, which was,

That was a surprise to me.

I didn't know that.

And so it's like, and then the other thing, and then Patty, you can chime in on this.

You know that we've, I've always been aware of the stroke belt of the United States.

And it's really interesting when you look at the United States, there's a higher incidence

of Alzheimer's, at least appears to be higher in that swath of the United States that runs from like, shall we say, like from Washington, D.C., south and then west towards Texas.