TABLE 4.

Reasons for Brain Donation Decision by Race

	White, n=138	African–American, n=24
Reasons for agreeing to donate one’s brain…
To help researchers find a cure for AD	95	91
To help researchers diagnose AD before death	80	86
I would like my family to know whether I definitely had AD or a related disorder	47	48
Reasons for not agreeing to donate one’s brain…
I have not been asked to donate my brain	6	18
Brain donation is too intrusive	63	55
I do not know what brain donation requires	13	18
I do not have memory problems	25	18

Frequency data exclude participants with “will consider” brain donation status, including n=27 White and n=11 African-American participants; response categories were prefixed and respondents were asked to check all that applied.

AD indicates Alzheimer disease.