10 questions. One answer per table.
60 seconds. Then we reveal.
How many hours of sleep do adult women generally need each night?
Adults need 7–9 hours of sleep, with 8–9 hours often optimal for women. Women are more likely than men to experience insomnia — especially during perimenopause and menopause, when hormonal shifts disrupt sleep cycles.
CDC · American Academy of Sleep Medicine
What is the number one cause of death in women worldwide?
Heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined — yet only 44% of women know it's their greatest health threat. Women's heart attack symptoms often look different from men's, and were historically dismissed as "atypical."
American Heart Association · Go Red For Women
A woman in her 60s is more likely to develop which condition over the rest of her life?
A woman in her 60s is more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's over the rest of her life than to develop breast cancer. Almost two-thirds of everyone living with Alzheimer's are women.
Alzheimer's Association (alz.org)
Which of these are symptoms of a heart attack in women?
Chest pain is still the most common symptom — but about 30% of women having a heart attack have no chest pain at all. These symptoms are often mistaken for flu, heartburn, or anxiety, which is part of why women wait longer to seek help.
American Heart Association · Mayo Clinic · CDC
Roughly how many women are affected by endometriosis and by PCOS?
Endometriosis affects roughly 1 in 10 women of reproductive age — about 190 million women worldwide. PCOS (recently renamed PMOS) affects a similar share. Together, a significant proportion of women in any room are living with one of these — often for years before diagnosis.
World Health Organization · ASRM · Cleveland Clinic
Between 2019–2023, how did funding compare for endometriosis vs. erectile dysfunction start-ups?
From 2019–2023, 11 erectile dysfunction start-ups raised $1.24 billion, while 8 endometriosis start-ups raised just $44 million — about 28 times less, despite endometriosis affecting roughly twice as many people. NIH public funding for endometriosis in 2022: $16 million, or 0.038% of the total budget.
McKinsey analysis (Wilson Center, 2024) · NIH / PMC
On average, how many years does it take to diagnose endometriosis — a condition affecting roughly 1 in 10 women?
The average diagnostic delay for endometriosis is 7 to 10 years — often after many visits to several doctors. The condition is frequently mistaken for "normal" period pain because, historically, it has been under-researched and under-funded relative to its scale.
University of York (2024) · PMC / ComPaRe-Endometriosis Cohort
Perimenopause — the transition leading up to menopause — can begin as early as what age?
Perimenopause can start in a woman's early-to-mid 40s and last several years before periods stop completely. Symptoms — sleep changes, brain fog, mood shifts, irregular cycles — are often misread as something else entirely, simply because no one explained this stage exists.
The Menopause Society · NHS
Every woman who lives long enough goes through menopause. How much did the US NIH spend on menopause research in 2023?
The NIH allocated about $56 million to menopause research in 2023 — the same year menopause finally got its own funding category, despite affecting nearly every woman who lives past midlife. Women's health overall has made up less than 9% of all NIH grant spending over the past decade.
Nature (2025) · National Academies report (2024) · NIH ORWH
Go around the table. One answer each.
No wrong answers — the simpler, the better.
👆 Raise your hand. All of you.
Tally your scores. Which table won?
More importantly — did anything surprise you?