The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 6.7 million individuals in America have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or another type of dementia . While you can't necessarily do much about some of the inherent risk factors for dementia (such as being older than 65 or having dementia in your family), you can take some steps to protect yourself against this degenerative disease. And one of those steps might surprise you: changing your address.

Research into the per-state prevalence of dementia across the United States shows that some regions have a notably lower incidence of the condition. A 2025 study in JAMA Neurology showed regional discrepancies pertaining to dementia diagnoses, based on the health records of over 1.2 million American veterans. Specifical

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