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. 2019 Nov 21;19:320. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1332-7

Table 2.

Incidence and prevalence of Parkinson’s disease (PD) according to age in Korea, 2010–2015

Incidence Prevalence
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
0–49 years
 Total
  Cases 435 422 412 403 520 590 1663 1663 1643 1680 1826 1974
  Ratea 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.7 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.8 5.3 5.8
 Male
  Cases 234 238 232 224 282 326 929 939 926 950 1023 1104
  Ratea 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.8 5 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.7 6.2
 Female
  Cases 201 184 180 179 238 264 734 724 717 730 803 870
  Ratea 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.6 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.8 5.2
>  50 years
 Total
  Cases 10,171 10,518 10,780 11,494 12,733 15,248 51,856 56,841 61,614 66,612 72,256 78,773
  Ratea 73.2 72 70.3 71.9 76.9 88.7 371.3 386.9 399.9 414.4 433.9 455.7
 Male
  Cases 4060 4282 4523 4859 5443 6461 19,860 21,850 23,792 25,808 28,028 30,898
  Ratea 63.1 63.1 63.4 65.1 70.2 80.1 307.5 320.7 332 344.1 359.8 381.3
 Female
  Cases 6111 6236 6257 6635 7290 8787 31,996 34,991 37,822 40,804 44,228 47,875
  Ratea 81.9 79.7 76.4 77.9 82.8 96.4 426.1 444.2 458.9 475.9 499 521.4

aRate = Cases/ Population of that age group *100,000